Question

How do you reduce `2/10`?

Answer 1

The answer is `1/5`.

Explanation:

`2/10` can be broken down we can divide the top and bottom by 2. If we do this we get `1/5`.

Answer 2

We can rewrite this fraction by factoring as: `2/10 = (2 xx 1)/(2 xx 5)`

We can then cancel the common terms in the numerator and denominator:

`(2 xx 1)/(2 xx 5) = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 1)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 5) = 1/5`