After reducing the fraction it becomes equal to 5/12. Let the common element which was cancelled out be x. So we can say the original fraction was [tex] \frac{5x}{12x} [/tex].
The denominator of the fraction is 147 greater than the numerator. We can write it as:
12x = 147 + 5x
12x - 5x = 147
7x = 147
x = 21
So, the numerator of the fraction was 5 x 21 = 105
Denominator of the fraction was 12 x 21 = 252
So our original fraction was [tex] \frac{105}{252} [/tex]
