Question

Question 30.
The fraction $\frac{17}{34}$ in simplest form is ___.

Answer 1

A fraction is said to be in its simplest/lowest form if the HCF of the numerator and the denominator is 1.

In order to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, we divide its numerator and denominator by their HCF.
$\therefore$ $\frac{17}{34}$ = $\frac{17÷17}{34÷17}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$ $[\because HCFof17and34is17]$