SOLUTION: Science and medicine. Fungicides account for {{{1/10}}}of the pesticides used in the United States. Insecticides account for {{{1/4}}}of all the pesticides used in the United State

Question 95618: Science and medicine. Fungicides account for of the pesticides used in the United States. Insecticides account for of all the pesticides used in the United States. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the United States can be written / Not really sure how to solve this problem could someone please help me?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1/10)/(1/4) THE FRACTION IN THE DENOMINATOR MUST BE INVERTED & THEN YOU MULTIPLY THE TWO FRACTIONS THUS:
(1/10)(4/1)=4/10=2/5=.4 ANSWER.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Science and medicine. Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United... (answered by josmiceli)

Science and technology. Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United... (answered by funmath)

Science and technology. Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United... (answered by stanbon)

Science and Medicine. Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United... (answered by stanbon)

Science and technology. Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United (answered by stanbon)

can you assist me in sovling problem...science and technology... Fungicides account... (answered by ptaylor)

Please help me i am no good at word problems. Science and medicine. Fungicides account... (answered by stanbon)

Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the united states. Insecticides... (answered by tutmath)