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16 in lowest term
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24

User BLoB
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16/24
divide top and bottom by 2
8/12
divide top and bottom by 2
4/6
divide top and bottom by 2
2/3
User Olajumoke
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The fraction 16/24 is not reduced to lowest terms. We can reduce this fraction to lowest
terms by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 8.

Why divide by 8? 8 is the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)
or Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the numbers 16 and 24.
So, this fraction reduced to lowest terms is 2/3!

User Squall
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