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Question 73609: can you assist me in sovling problem...science and technology...

Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the United States. Insectides accoutn 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 divide 1/4. Write this ration in simplest form.
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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%281%2F10%29%2F%281%2F4%29 Now lets first multiply the numerator and denominator by %284%2F1%29-----We can do this because we know that %284%2F1%29%2F%284%2F1%29=1 and we are doing this to get rid of the fraction 1%2F4 in the denominator. So we have:
%28%281%2F10%29%284%2F1%29%29%2F%28%281%2F4%29%284%2F1%29%29 simplifying, we get:
%284%2F10%29%2F1 or 4%2F10or 2%2F5------------------ans

Hope this helps------ptaylor