b. \( \quad \frac{24}{10}= \)

Did you know that fractions and their simplifications date back to ancient civilizations? The Egyptians, for example, used a system of unit fractions to represent numbers and rationals, which is pretty neat considering how foundational these concepts are to modern math! Now, for a real-world application, understanding how to simplify fractions like \(\frac{24}{10}\) can come in handy in cooking. If a recipe calls for 24 cups of flour and you want to scale it down by a factor of 10, recognizing that \(\frac{24}{10} = \frac{12}{5} \) or \(2.4\) would keep your baking on point!