What fraction of an hour is 5 minutes in its lowest terms ?

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like:

1260=3*6*7*10=3^2*2^2*7*5 perfect cude = 3^3*2^

step-by-step explanation: