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Is 16/17 and 8/32 proportional

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16 has several factors, BUT bear in mind that 17 is a prime number, it has no factors other 1, so 16/17 cannot be simplified,


\bf \cfrac{16}{17}\qquad \cfrac{8}{32}\implies \cfrac{16}{17}\qquad \cfrac{1}{4}\implies \cfrac{16}{17}~\\e~ \cfrac{1}{4}
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