Q. Perform the operation and reduce the answer fully. Make sure to express your answer as a simplified fraction.52×41Answer:
Multiply Numerators: Multiply the numerators of the two fractions.(52)×(41)=(5×42×1)Calculation: 2×1=2
Multiply Denominators: Multiply the denominators of the two fractions.(2×1)/(5×4)=2/(5×4)Calculation: 5×4=20
Write Simplified Fraction: Write the result as a simplified fraction. 202Since 2 and 20 have a common factor of 2, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 2.Calculation: 2÷2=1 and 20÷2=10
Final Answer: The simplified fraction is 101.Final Answer: 101