Question

What is 125/550 simplified?

Answer 1

Avoiding decimals, Dividing both 125 and 550 by 25, it becomes 5/22

Answer 2

`125|5\\.\ 25|5\\.\ \ 5|5\\.\ \ 1|\\125=5*5*5\\\\550|5\\110|5\\.\ 22|2\\.\ 11|11\\.\ \ 1|\\550=5*5*2*11\\\\(125)/(550)=(\\ot5^1*\\ot5^1*5)/(\\ot5_1*\\ot5_1*2*11)=(5)/(2*11)=(5)/(22)`