How do you simplify 24:36?

1 Answer
Sep 9, 2016

24:362:3

Explanation:

Ratios expressed as x:y are same as fractions xy.

Hence to simplify them we can divide them by their Greatest Common Factor.

As factors of 24 are {1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24}

and factors of 36 are {1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,36}

Common factors are {1,2,3,4,6,12} and Greatest Common Factor is 12.

So dividing each of 24:36 by 12, we get 2:3 and we can say that

24:362:3