SOLUTION: a year ago, the daily sales of a newspaper averaged 16 320.Now the average daily sales are 28 560. Express the ratio of present sales to last year's sales in its simplest terms

Question 1143845: a year ago, the daily sales of a newspaper averaged 16 320.Now the average daily sales are 28 560. Express the ratio of present sales to last year's sales in its simplest terms
Answer by ikleyn(52879) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The ratio of present sales to last year's sales is  .


Reducing (canceling) the factor  80*17*3 = 4080 in the numerator and denominator, you get the fraction 

equal to  , which is the simplest form.    ANSWER

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