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Divide top and bottom by any common factors of them.

Dividing by the highest common factor of the top and bottom numbers results in the simplest form.

hcf(12, 15) = 3, so divide top and bottom by 3:

12/15 = (12÷3)/(15÷3)

= 4/5

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