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Explain why 6/15 and 3/5 are not equivalent fractions.

User Ian Turner
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These numbers are not equivalent because if you multiply the denomantor (5) by 3 to get 15 you would have to also multiply the numerator (3) by 3 but that will equal 9 not 6. Hope this helped :)
User Hamedazhar
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because the numerator and denominater were divided by 2 different numbers instead of the same number.
User Anton Kurtin
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