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Can -6/55 be reduced?

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Answer:

No

Explanation:

You want to know if the fraction -6/55 can be reduced.

Reduced fraction

A fraction can be reduced if the numerator and denominator have a common factor.

Here, 6 = 2·3 and 55 = 5·11. These numbers have no factors in common, so ...

-6/55 cannot be reduced.

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Additional comment

A fraction is reduced by removing the common factor from both numerator and denominator:

(a·c)/(b·c) = a/b . . . . . . reduced fraction

For example, 5/55 = (5·1)/(5·11) = 1/11, the reduced fraction.

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