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Is 26 over 32 simplified

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26 and 32 are both even numbers, which means they can be divided by 2, thus 26/32 is not simplified yet.

Let's divide both numbers by 2:


(26/2)/(32/2)=(13)/(16)

13 is a prime number, which means it can only be divided by itself and by 1, then 13/16 is simplified.

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