Multiply the following fractions 8/15 5/32. The multiplication is difficult to do without simplifying first. Here

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Multiply the following fractions 8/15 × 5/32. The multiplication is difficult to do without simplifying first. Here both numerator and denominator are divisible by 5.

But both numerator and denominator are also divisible by 8. 

Therefore 8/15 × 5/32 can be simplified first to 1/3 × 1/4 = 1/12.

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