Question

which of the following shows 27/54 written in prime facrtored form to help in reducing the fraction to simplest form

Answer 1

Hello there,
27/54
As you can see from the fraction, you can say that 27 is a factor of 54. And 27 multiplied by 2 is 54
How I solve it:
Numerator : Denominator
27 : 54
Divide 27 from both sides

Numerator : Denominator
1 : 2
Thus the answer is
`(1)/(2)`
Hope this helps

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Answer 2

27= 3x3x3

54 = 3x3x3x2

so 27/54 = 3x3x3 /3x3x3x2 by simplifying = 1/2