Question 122519
Reducing fractions, simplify, and reduce to the lowest terms all means to {{{eliminate}}} {{{common}}} factors}}} between the nominator and the denominator.

Definition: The {{{greatest}}}{{{ common}}}{{{ factor}}} or {{{GCF}}}
 of two (or more) numbers {{{is}}} the {{{product}}} of {{{all}}} the {{{factors}}} the {{{numbers}}}{{{ have}}}{{{ in }}}{{{common}}}. 

If you wanted to find the greatest common factor of, for example,{{{ 24}}} and {{{36}}}, you would express both as 
products of their prime factors, and look for factors common to both:

  {{{24  =  2 * 2 * 2 * 3}}}

  {{{36  =  2 * 2 * 3*3}}}

There are two {{{2s}}} and one {{{3}}} {{{common}}} to both numbers, so {{{ 2 * 2 * 3 = 12}}} is the " {{{GFC}}} " of {{{24}}} and {{{36}}}.

once you have {{{GFC}}}, you divide the nominator and the denominator in order to reduce.

example:

{{{24/36 =24:12/(36:12)=2/3}}}