17/68 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 17/68 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [17] and denominator [68].

GCF of 17 and 68 is 17

And then divide both the numerator [17] and denominator [68] by the GCF [17].

Another method to reduce the fraction 17/68 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [17] and denominator [68].

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [17] and denominator [68] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

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