Question

Which of the following shows 27/54 written in prime factor form to help in reducing the fraction to simplest form

Answer 1

$\frac{27}{54} = \frac{9\times 3}{9\times 6} = \frac{3^3}{3^2 \times 2}$

By prime factorizing, we can see that 27/54 can be reduced to 1/2.