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Given: 315/1575. Write the prime fractorization of the numerator and the denominator, then write the fraction in lowest terms.

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The prime factorization of the numerator, 315, is 5 x 3 x 3 x 7. That of the denominator, 1575 is 5 x 5 x 3 x 3 x 7. To convert the fraction to its lowest form, cancel all the factors that appear to both the numerator and denominator. We will be left with 1/5. 
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