Question

What is 186/35 simplified?

PLEASE ANSWER BY AUGUST 10TH 2023!!!!!

Answer 1

5 + 11/35

Explanation:

Our task is to simplify this fraction:

`\sf{\cfrac{186}{35}}`

Let's look for common factors that both 186 and 35 have.

Is it 5? No. 186 doesn't end in 5 or 0, so it can't be divisible by 5.

Is it 7? No. 7 does not go into 186 evenly.

Apparently, 185/35 can't be reduced, because it already is in its lowest terms.

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The only thing we can do is we can write it as a mixed number.

The denominator stays the same.

How many times does 35 go into 186? 5 times.

So far we have:

`\sf{5\cfrac{blank}{35}}`

Then we multiply 5 times 35 - that gives us 175.

Then we subtract 186 - 175. That gives us 11.

That's the numerator of our fraction, so we have:

`\sf{5\cfrac{11}{35}}`

Answer 2

`(186)/(35)`

Explanation:

A fraction can only be simplified if the values on the numerator and denominator share a common factor

In this case the only common factor that 186 and 35 share is 1

When this is the case then the fraction is in simplest form