Question

What's 25/75 in simplest form

Answer 1

`25|5\\.\ 5|5\\.\ 1|\\25=5\cdot5\\\\75|3\\25|5\\.\ 5|5\\.\ 1|\\75=3\cdot5\cdot5\\\\(25)/(75)=(\\ot5^1\cdot\\ot5^1)/(3\cdot\\ot5_1\cdot\\ot5_1)=\boxed{(1)/(3)}`

Answer 2

You want to know whether the numerator (the first term) and the denominator (the second) can be divided by the same number.

Generally, if something has 5 at the end, we can divide it by 5, so that means we can divide it by 5, let's try:

25/5=5
75/5=15.


so then we have 5/15.

we can divide again:

5/5=1
15/5=3

So the final answer is 1/3.