The greatest common factor of 40 and 16 is 8. Dividing both numerator and denominator by 8 gives:
40/16 = (40 ÷ 8) / (16 ÷ 8) = 5/2
Therefore, 40/16 simplifies to 5/2 in simplest form.
Write the fraction 40/16
in simplest form.
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