Is 3/4 equivalent to 30/40

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Naima Walton

Mathematics

21 February, 15:19

Is 3/4 equivalent to 30/40

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Kian Sampson · Answer 1

No it is not the same

Karli Wood · Answer 2

Yes because if you multiple numerator and denominator of 3/4 by 10 then you would get 30 / 40.

Another way to look at is to notice that 30 = 3 * 10 and 40 = 4*10

So that's 30 / 40 = (3*10) / (4*10) = 3 / 4 because 10 was cancelled, therefore they are equivalent to each other.