Hana is putting the fruit she brought into bowls. she bought 8 melons,12 pears, and 24 apples. she puts the same number of pieces of fruit in each bowl. how many pieces can hana put in each bowl?

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b