Complete the corresponding expression for the denominator
Complete the corresponding expression for the denominator
Let's examine the problem:
Now let's think logically, and remember the fraction reduction operation,
Let's start with the numbers:
For the fraction on the left side to be reducible, we want all the terms in its denominator to have a common factor,
Additionally, we want to reduce the number 15 to get the number 3 in the fraction's numerator after reduction, but we also want that in the fraction's denominator after reduction we'll get the number 4,
For this purpose, we'll represent the number 15 - which is in the numerator of the left side as a product of numbers where one of them is the number 3, also remember that the number which we multiply by 3 in order to get the number 15 is the number 5:
Now we want that after reduction only the number 3 remains in the numerator of the fraction on the left side but in the fraction's denominator the number 4 remains, meaning - that the number 5 will be reduced, therefore the obvious choice is the number 20, because:
Let's continue to the letters:
Let's examine the expression again:
We want to get in the denominator of the fraction on the right side the term , note that this term is not found in the expression in the numerator of the fraction on the left side, therefore for the letters we'll choose the expression:
In summary, for both the letters and numbers together we'll choose the expression:
Let's verify that from this choice we indeed get the expression on the right side:
Therefore this choice is indeed correct.
That means - the correct answer is answer A.