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

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Aviv S.
Mar 7, 2018

The simplified form is #1/3#.

Explanation:

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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