hi, could someone help me? In my texbook it says that the simplest form of 16/99 is 1/6 but w they got ? Could someone explain please?

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anonymous · Answer

Well 16/99 does not reduce to 1/6, so I'm not sure how they got that. Maybe you're reading the question wrong?

anonymous · Answer

it's not a true statement

anonymous · Answer

not true

anonymous · Answer

yeap its not true, o.O i questioned my math skills for a minute :P

anonymous · Answer

oh thank you, my text book must have a typo!! I couldn't figure it out for the life of me...Im doing my GCSE's and was wondering if anyone has a good method of simplifing fractions?? Thanks again :)