How do you write the ratios #1/2:1/5# in simplest form?
1 Answer
Dec 29, 2016
Explanation:
One of the rules of ratios is that there should be no fractions, only whole numbers.
We have
One method is to change them to a common denominator.
However, let's multiply by that LCM instead, because this will allow us to cancel the denominators altogether immediat.ely
#10/1 xx 1/2 : 1/5 xx 10/1