SOLUTION: Science and Technology: Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the US. Insecticides account for 1/4 of all the pesticides used in the US.The ratio of fungicides to i

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Question 83622: Science and Technology: Fungicides account for 1/10 of the pesticides used in the US. Insecticides account for 1/4 of all the pesticides used in the US.The ratio of fungicides to insecticides used in the US can be written as 1/10:1/4 write this ratio in simplest forms.
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%281%2F10%29%2F%281%2F4%29 multiply numerator and denominator by 4%2F1
%281%2F10%29%284%2F1%29%2F%281%2F4%29%284%2F1%29 simplifying we get:
%284%2F10%29%2F1 and this equals

2%2F5---------------------ans

Hope this helps-----ptaylor