SOLUTION: 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 states. The ratio of fungicides to in
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Question 45276: 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 states. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the united states can be written 1/10 / 1/4. Please write this ratio in simplist form. Answer by tutmath(14) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! (1/10) / (1/4)
is also equal to
(1/10) * (4/1)
that is = 4/10
Dividing the numerator and denominator by the common factor 2, that is = 2/5
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