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if i get the fraction "2/2" and i need to reduce it would it be "1" or "2" like would it be 2 wholes or only 1??

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A fraction is a division problem, so 2/2 is also two divided by two.

Two goes into two only one time, so your answer is 1.
User Muszeo
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parts/whole

if you have 2 parts and 2 are needed to make 1 whole, then you have 1 whole since
x/x=1 where x=x

it would be only 1
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