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

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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.
$∴$ $\frac{17}{34}$ = $\frac{17 \div 17}{34 \div 17}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$ $[∵ H C F o f 17 a n d 34 i s 17]$

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