Two ratios, a/b and c/d have the same value is a*d = b*c. A ratio, a/b, is said to be simplified if a and b are co-prime.
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You can write this as 51:36.Note: You can simplify ratios the same way you simplify fractions; that is, if you find a number that is a factor of BOTH numbers, you can divide both numbers by that factor, to get an equivalent ratio.
There's no mathematical difference between them; they're the same value. They express the same ratio. In a simplified fraction, the GCF of the numerator and the denominator is 1. In an unsimplified fraction, that GCF is greater than one.
No. Picture them as fractions. Is 3/4 the same as 4/3? No it isn't, and the ratios are the same way! No. Picture them as fractions. Is 3/4 the same as 4/3? No it isn't, and the ratios are the same way!
If both equations can be simplified to the same value, they are equal.