They are the same. Example: If something costs 100$ and you found a coupon to get a 15% discount you will save: 15$ and your cost will be 100$-15$=85$ Hope this helped! Have a great day!
The 1st one is the right answer
You just multiply top times top and bottom times bottom and then find a number you can divide into the number and you keep doing that until you can't simplify any more.