9/12 and 6/8 are equivalent fractions
Explanation:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Given fractions:} \\ \frac{9}{12}\text{ and }\frac{6}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} \text{let's break down the fraction:} \\ \text{for }\frac{9}{12}\text{ we'll divide both numerator and denominator by 3} \\ \frac{9\div3}{12\div3}\text{ = }\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} \text{for }\frac{6}{8},\text{ we will divide both numerator and denominator by 2} \\ \frac{6\div2}{8\div2}\text{ = }\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]
We can see when break down both fractions, their simplest term is the same.
Hence, 9/12 and 6/8 are equivalent fractions
