one way is to find common factors
example
8/6=4/3 because 8/6, 8 and 6 have common factor of 2 so divide that out to get 4/3
basically divide the LCM from each
so factor
we can combine 36m-48m into -12m
we have
-12m/6m
common factor is 6m
-12m/6m=(-2)/1 times (6m)/(6m)=-2 times 1=-2
answer is -2
