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Can 12 over 7 be reduced?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

No as 7 is an odd number and 12 is an even.

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The answer is true but for completely the wrong reason. If the answer depended on odds and evens then it should not be possible to simplify 3/6 [odd/even].

But as most people who have studied simplification of fractions will know, 3/6 = 1/2.

The reason is that 7 and 12 are coprime. That is to say, they have no factor in common [other than 1].

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13y ago

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