SOLUTION: can you assist me in sovling problem...science and technology... Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United States. Insectides accoutn for 1/4 of all the

Question 73609: can you assist me in sovling problem...science and technology...

Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United States. Insectides accoutn for 1/4 of all the pesticides used in the United States. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the United States can be written 1/10 divide 1/4. Write this ration in simplest form.
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Now lets first multiply the numerator and denominator by -----We can do this because we know that and we are doing this to get rid of the fraction in the denominator. So we have:
simplifying, we get:
or or ------------------ans

Hope this helps------ptaylor

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