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ACT Aspire Math: Identifying Equivalent Fractions 3 Views


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Which of the following fractions is equivalent to ?


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Okay Mass remembers another one for you Which of the

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following fractions is equivalent to a tch over j Well

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that's a whole lot of h j and k terms

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floating around here It reminds us of the sound todd's

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cat makes when it's deciding whether or not to hack

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up a hairball or not Yeah feline trauma aside though

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the best way to tackle this kind of problem is

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to go down the list and simplify each answer choice

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Well there's no way to semper fi h plus que

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over j plus cake because it's only equal to h

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over jfk zero And that ain't gonna happen Okay next

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h J k over j H K Well that's equal

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to one because they're the same terms so that can't

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be it Next up h k plus h over j

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k plus j That can be simplified if we factor

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out an age up here Kay plus one and jay

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they're k plus one So that's just a chew over

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j that same thing So that's the answer's got to

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be it It's sea but well let's keep going for

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the sake of completeness Okay h k plus k and

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then jake a Plus k Let's incorrect because it's equal

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Teo h Plus one over j plus one Andy is

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equivalent to well just k over j So that's it

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See it is We're going to stick with the simple 00:01:13.617 --> [endTime] fighting answer right there

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