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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United States. Insecticides account for 1/4 off all the pesticides used in the United States. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the United States can be written as 1/10 Divided By 1/4. Write this ratio in simplist form. \n" ); document.write( "

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Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United States. Insecticides account for 1/4 off all the pesticides used in the United States. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the United States can be written as 1/10 Divided By 1/4. Write this ratio in simplist form.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F10%29%2F%281%2F4%29\"$ this is known as a complex fraction and we want to make it a simple fraction (e.g., a/b). We can do this by multiplying the numerator and denominator by $\"4%2F1\"$ :\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%281%2F10%29%284%2F1%29%29%2F%28%281%2F4%29%284%2F1%29%29\"$ and this reduces to:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2F10%29%2F1\"$ = 4/10 or 2/5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor \n" ); document.write( "

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