2 years ago

Help is needed-15/20 in lowest terms

1 answer:

6 0

Hi,

-15/20

find the GCF of both numbers:

15: 1,3,5,15
20: 1,2,4,5,10,20

The GCF is 5.

Divide the numerator and denomiator by 5-
-15/5 = 3
-20/5 = 4

answer is -3/4

makes sense?

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