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Reduce:
45
63
HELP I cant figure it out

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I assume you're talking about reducing the fraction 45/63.

We have

45 = 5 • 9 = 3² • 5

and

63 = 7 • 9 = 3² • 7

so that

45/63 = (3² • 5) / (3² • 7) = 5/7

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