Ratios are basically decimals, numbers, perfect squares which all come down to being fractions.As we cut fractions, same method is applied to ratios.... Cathy
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o.348 = 0.348/1.000 Cancel down decimal point 348/1000 Cancel down by '2' 174/500 Cancel down by '2' 87/250 This is its lowest term because '87' is a prime number and will not cancel down any further.
0.714 => 0.714 / 1.000 Cancel down the decimal point 714/1000 Cancel down by '2' 357/500 The simplest form .
0.636363... ( recurring to infinity) is a RATIONAL number. It can be converted to a ratio/fraction. Let P = 0.636363... & 100P = 63.636363.... Subtract 99P = 63 P = 63/99 ( A ratio/fraction). Cancel down by '9' P = 7/11 The simplest form .
0.376 = 0.376 / 1.000 Cancel down the decimal point 0376/1000 Ignore the trivial prefix zero. 376/1000 Cancel down by '2' 188/500 Cancel down by '2' again 94/250 # And again 47/125 As a fraction in its simplest form.
(8x-8y)/(8x+8y) = (x-y)/(x+y)Cancel down by 8; you have simplified the equation.