Question

Dertermine weshrer the fraction is 9 over 12 and 9 over 6 are equivalent

Answer 1

9/12 and 6/8 are equivalent fractions

Step-by-step explanation:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Given fractions:} \\ (9)/(12)\text{ and }(6)/(8) \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{let's break down the fraction:} \\ \text{for }(9)/(12)\text{ we'll divide both numerator and denominator by 3} \\ (9/3)/(12/3)\text{ = }(3)/(4) \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{for }(6)/(8),\text{ we will divide both numerator and denominator by 2} \\ (6/2)/(8/2)\text{ = }(3)/(4) \end{gathered}`

We can see when break down both fractions, their simplest term is the same.

Hence, 9/12 and 6/8 are equivalent fractions