How do you write the fraction $5/15$ in simplest form?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-07T05:03:49

The simplified form is $1/3$ .

Factor the top and the bottom of the fraction, then cancel out any factors in common:

$color(white)=5/15$

$=(color(blue)1*color(green)5)/(color(orange)3*color(green)5)$

$=(color(blue)1*color(red)cancelcolor(green)5)/(color(orange)3*color(red)cancelcolor(green)5)$

$=color(blue)1/color(orange)3$

This is the simplified fraction.

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