essentials ratios
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gilbertstone
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essentials ratios
hello please help I need to work out ratios in the simplest form a,75cm:2m b6kg:2400g and c£5:260p thank you in advance
Re: essentials ratios
Try writing out each pair in the same units and then simplifygilbertstone wrote:hello please help I need to work out ratios in the simplest form a,75cm:2m b6kg:2400g and c£5:260p thank you in advance
e.g. 75cm : 2m
= 75cm : 200cm
Find something which divides into both...
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Re: essentials ratios
For the simplest form don't forget to keep dividing by something that goes into both until you can't go any further! So with the first one if you divide each side by 5, you can still divide further....
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gilbertstone
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Re: essentials ratios
hello thank you for the reply
