Ms. Billets used 2 feet of yarn to make an ornament. Write this lenth as a fraction of the total lenghth of yarn she bought. Is this fraction in simplest form? Explain. Ms. billets bought a total of 6 feet of yarn.
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To write the length Ms. Billets used, 2 feet of yarn, as a fraction of the total length of yarn she bought, which is 6 feet, we can set up the fraction as follows:
Length used / Total length bought
Substituting the given values, we have:
2 feet / 6 feet
Now, to check if this fraction is in simplest form, we need to see if the numerator and denominator have a common divisor. In this case, the numerator, 2, and the denominator, 6, share a common divisor of 2.
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their common divisor, 2:
2/2 / 6/2
Simplifying, we get:
1/3
Therefore, the fraction 2/6 is equivalent to the simplest form, which is 1/3 since there are no more common divisors between the numerator and denominator.