100 points
explain the concept of using cancellation to reduce fractions.

Explanation:

A "reduced" fraction is one that has mutually prime numerator and denominator. That is, the numerator and denominator have no common factors.

A fraction is "reduced" by canceling common factors from numerator and denominator. If "a" is a factor common to the numerator and denominator of a fraction, that fraction can be written with "a" canceled from each:

Here is a numerical example:

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A numerator factor and a denominator factor "cancel" because their ratio is 1, the identity element for multiplication. Anything times 1 is just that thing.

a function could be identified in 3 ways either on a chart,graph, or ordered pairs. first a function is that each point has its own. the rule is that there can be many x's to one y but there can not be 2 x's at different y's. so on a graph when you put a straight line through the y's there should be one dot only to be a function.

step-by-step explanation:

1/3 + 1/3 ≠ 2/6 because 1/3 alone = 2/6  

step by step explanation:

1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3       2/3=4/6