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How do you simplify the fraction 30/41?

Answer 1

#30/41# is simplified because 41 is prime

This fraction can't be simplified any further than where it is. The reason is that the denominator is prime (which means there are no factors for it other than itself and one).

If the fraction had been, for example, #30/42#, we could factor it out this way:

#30/42=(2xx15)/(2xx21)=(2xx3xx5)/(2xx3xx7)=(2/2)(3/3)(5/7)=5/7#

but we can do that with the number 41.

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Answer 2

Cameron Arnold

To simplify the fraction 30/41, you can't reduce it further as 30 and 41 don't share any common factors other than 1. So, the fraction 30/41 is already in its simplest form.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.