Q. Perform the operation and simplify the answer fully.49⋅78Answer:
Question prompt: Question prompt: What is the simplified result of the operation (49)×(78)?
Multiply numerators: Multiply the numerators (top numbers) of the fractions together.Calculation: 9×8=72
Multiply denominators: Multiply the denominators (bottom numbers) of the fractions together.Calculation: 4×7=28
Write new fraction: Write the result of the multiplication as a new fraction.Calculation: The new fraction is 2872.
Simplify fraction: Simplify the fraction by finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and the denominator.Calculation: The GCD of 72 and 28 is 4.
Divide by GCD: Divide both the numerator and the denominator by the GCD to simplify the fraction.Calculation: 72÷4=18 and 28÷4=7.
Write simplified fraction: Write the simplified fraction.Calculation: The simplified fraction is 718.
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