quick Q: can you reduce 30x/27 to 10x/9?

[holdyourhorsiieees]

can you reduce 30x/27 to 10x/9? i can't remember if that's "legal."

thanks a looooot.

 

[Mrspi]

Re: quick, simple question

can you reduce 30x/27 to 10x/9? i can't remember if that's "legal."

thanks a looooot.

30x / 27 = 3(10x) / 3(9)

You can divide both numerator and denominator by 3 to get 10x / 9....

Yep! That's legal.