Medal Find the product of 5/6 , 9/32 and 24/35 Express your answer as a fully reduced fraction.
\[\frac{ 5*9*24 }{ 6*32*35 }\]
164.57
you want answer as a fraction (like a/b) rihgt ? how did you get 164.57 ?
5*9*24 / 6*32*35
yes, now you have to reduce that to lowest terms
i would divide both top and bottom by 6 to begin with
1080/ 6720
it is easier to leave it as you had it, more simple to see the common factors to reduce the fraction
as you can see the top has 24 and the bottom has a 6, so you can divide both top and bottom by 6
3/336
\[\frac{ 5*9*24 }{ 6*32*35} = \frac{ 5 * 9 * 4 }{ 1 * 32 * 35 }\] see how both top and bottom were divided by 6 to reduce the fraction?
180/1120
so, now you see you have a 5 in the top and a 35 in the bottom, so you can divide both those by 5
36/224
\[\frac{ 1*9*4 }{ 1*32*7 }\]
do not calculate, to reduce a fraction you need to know the common factors of the numerator and the denominator
What is the next step from the last one i wrote?
36/224 = 18/112 = 9/56
your hot@harz360
\[\frac{ 1*9*4 }{ 1*32*7 } = \frac{ 1*9*1 }{ 1*8*7 }\] I divided top and bottom by 4
9/56
yes, but you need to know how to do it, for instance if you have ... 6588 / 10589 how are you going to reduce that into lowest terms? you need to factor out common factors as in the process i went through.
so the answer is 9/56?
unless you can divide both 9 and 56 by a common factor to reduce it further.
u cant reduce 9/56
correct
so the answer 9/56?
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