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Explain how to tell 100/105 is not in simplest form without finding all the factors

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10 ends in 0 and 105 ends in 5 therefore it is divisible by 5.

(Incase you need simplified it is 20/21)
User Salik Saleem
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because you can divide it by 5 and when you do that you get an answer of...
20/21

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