 To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor.  Advanced Algebra - Page 94by Arthur Schultze - 1905 - 562 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | George Egbert Fisher - 1901 - 622 pages
...a (5 — a) (b — c) (a — c) Reduction oi Fractions to Lowest Terms. 8. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common integral factor. Tfa 2 Z-1 Eg, g, 9. TJie value of a fraction is not changed if both numerator and... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1901 - 664 pages
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 | International Correspondence Schools - Sheet-metal work - 1901 - 578 pages
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