SOLUTION: This does not make sense...please help SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the U.S. Insecticides account for 1/4 of all the pesticides

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Question 45921: This does not make sense...please help
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the U.S. Insecticides account for 1/4 of all the pesticides used in the U.S. The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the U.S. can be written 1/10 divide 1/4. Write the ratio in simplest form.

Answer by jake_6233(74) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/10
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1/4
Remember you can convert this to a multiplication problem .1 *4 (Invert the denominator) so we have 4/10 as a final answer.