SOLUTION: HOW DO I SIMPLIFY :8/16? 2XY/X ?

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Question 29355: HOW DO I SIMPLIFY :8/16?
2XY/X ?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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8%2F16 can be thought of as %288%2A1%29%2F%288%2A2%29. we can then cancel the 8's leaving %281%2A1%29%2F%281%2A2%29 --> 1/2.

This is the "full" method. In reality, all you need to do is look at the 2 numbers and see what goes into both and divide by that number.

As for %282xy%29%2Fx. Again, what is common to both the numerator and denominator? Answer is x, so we can cancel them, leaving us with just 2y.

jon.