[Math] a fraction in which the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is 1

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A fraction in which the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is 1?

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A fraction in which the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is 1 is known as a reduced, or simplified, fraction. $$\dfrac 68 \;\;\text{is not reduced (or not simplified) because} \;\dfrac 68 = \dfrac {\color{blue}{\bf 2}\cdot 3} {\color{blue}{\bf 2}\cdot 2\cdot 2}$$

$$\dfrac 34\;\;\text{ is a reduced, or simplified, fraction:}\;\dfrac {\color{blue}{\bf 1}\cdot 3}{\color{blue}{\bf 1}\cdot 2\cdot 2}$$