
Choosing the simplification factor
Example: Add 4/16 + 8/16 and choose the simplification factor to reduce the sum to lowest terms.
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| 4 =1 6 "\8 = | 
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| 1 6 b | 
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| B2 b | 
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| B3 b | 
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| B2 b | 
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| Simplification is | 
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| complete. | 
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