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Why is important to simplify a fraction ?

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it helps in better understanding and gives more information about the problem

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Sometimes, simplifying a fraction, or reducing the fraction, can help give more information about a problem. When we simplify a fraction, we are writing another fraction that is equal to the original; it is just written in another way.

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