Anomalous Cancellation in Fractions

Did you know that you can just cancel out any common 3s, 6s, or 9s in the denominator and numerator of a fraction and leave it unchanged?

For example, 26 / 65 does equal 2 / 5. (Get rid of the sixes.)
And 163 / 326 does equal 1 / 2. (Get rid of the threes and the sixes.)

Does this seem too good to be true? We explain all in this video! (Watch till the end before becoming aghast!)

Anomalous Cancellation

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