Can you break down the numerator and denominator into prime factors?
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To write the fraction in its simplest form, we begin by trying to break down the numerator and denominator into prime factors.
5/20=5/2 * 2 * 5
Our numerator, 5, is prime and cannot be factored. However, 20 in the denominator can be broken into the factors 2, 2, and 5. Since 5 is equal to 5, we can reduce the fraction by this value.
