document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65483>Question 65483</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fungicides account for 1/10 of the perticides used in the United States. Insecticides account for 1/4 of all the pesticides in the United States. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the United States can be written 1/10 / 1/4. Write this ratio in simplest form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/10 / 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First we flip the last problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/10 / 4/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then cross out the 10 and 4 by dividing 2 in to it leaving us with:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5 / 2/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From here I am not sure where to go unless I have already messed up. Hope you can help me out. Thanks a bunch </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First we flip the last problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comment: You invert the denominator and MULTIPLY <BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1/10 * 4/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then cross out the 10 and 4 by dividing 2 in to it leaving us with:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1/5 * 2/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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