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Answer 1 · 2017-11-04T12:25:06

$1/3$

Since both the numbers are divisible by $3$ ,

$color(blue)(3xx1=3$

$color(blue)(3xx3=9$

Cancel them out

$rarrcancel3^1/cancel9^3$

$color(green)(rArr1/3$

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Answer 2 · 2017-11-04T14:58:54

$(3div 3)/(9div3) = 1/3$

You can simplify a fraction if you multiply or divide the numerator and denominator by the same number.

This is the same as multiplying or dividing by $1$ , which does not change the value of the fraction, but creates an equivalent fraction.

in $3/9$ , both $3 and 9$ have $3$ as a factor. Divide both by $3$

$(3div 3)/(9div3) = 1/3$