Question

i am working on an assignment and it just says canceling fractions like 1. 14 over 28 = not sure what to do here?

Answer 1

This is

`(14)/(28)`

Now, both 14 and 28 are divisible by 2. So, 2 will cut 14 to give 7, and 2 will cut 28 to give 14 so you have

`\begin{gathered} (14)/(28) \\ \text{cutting each by 2 you have } \\ (7)/(14) \end{gathered}`

Now, only 7 can cut 7 and 14. 7 will cut 7 to get 1 and, 7 will cut 14 to get 2. So we have

`\begin{gathered} (7)/(14) \\ \text{cutting each by 2 we have } \\ (1)/(2) \end{gathered}`

Hence the answer is

`(1)/(2)`