<span>First we need to find the GCF (greatest common factor)</span>
<span>Factors of 42 are:
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42</span>
<span>Factors of 48 are:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48</span>
<span>GCF is 6</span>
<span>To simplify you divide numerator and denominator into the GCF</span>
<span>42 ÷ 6 = 7</span>
<span>48 ÷ 6 = 8</span>
<span>42/48 = 7/8</span>
<span>Hope this helps. :)
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