SOLUTION: Science and technology. 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 r

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Question 77090: Science and technology. 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 divided by 1/4. Write the ratio in simplest form.


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Science and technology. 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 divided by 1/4. Write the ratio in simplest form.
One way to do this is to remember that when you divide by a fraction you flip the second fraction over and multiply:
%281%2F10%29%284%2F1%29
%281%2A4%29%2F%2810%2A1%29
4%2F20
2%2A2%2F%282%2A5%29
cross%282%29%2A2%2F%28cross%282%29%2A5%29
highlight%282%2F5%29
:
If you are supposed to be working with complex fractions, you multiply the top and bottom fractions by the LCD of both fractions, 20.
%281%2F10%29%2F%281%2F4%29
20%281%2F10%29%2F%2820%281%2F4%29%29
%282%2F1%29%2F%285%2F1%29
highlight%282%2F5%29
:
Happy Calculating!!!!