Question

fully reduce the fraction.
the quantity negative 39x/42x

Answer 1

To fully reduce the fraction (-39x)/(42x), we can first simplify by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor, which is 3x.

(-39x)/(42x) = (-13*3x)/(14*3x)
= -13/14

Therefore, the fully reduced form of the fraction is -13/14.