SOLUTION: how to solve 1/3 : 2/3 : 1/6 ?

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Question 729581: how to solve 1/3 : 2/3 : 1/6 ?
Answer by Simnepi(216) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the first thing is to get rid of those horrid fractions!
to do that multiply by the lowest common multiple, in this case that is 6.
so we have
%281%2F3%29%2A6%3A%282%2F3%29%2A6%3A%281%2F6%29%2A6
this gives us
2:4:1
we cannot simplify this any further.