Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011
PA
Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011 View details
Chapter Test
Continue to next subchapter

Exercise 7 Page 73

Can you break down the numerator and denominator into factors?

-7b

Practice makes perfect
To write the fraction in its simplest form, we begin by trying to break down the numerator and denominator into factors. - 7ab/a=- 7* a* b/a

First, see that the denominator cannot be factored. However, 7ab in the numerator can be broken into the factors 7, a, and b. Since a is the common value between the numerator and the denominator, we can reduce the fraction by this value. - 7ab/a ⇒ - 7b/1 Note that a number divided by 1 is the number itself, so we can write our final expression. - 7b/1 ⇒ - 7b