I've been up all night doing homework and im either really stupid or forget how to do this. heeeeelp???

show the ratio 12 : 400 as a fraction in simplified form

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I've been up all night doing homework and im either really stupid or forget how to do this. heeeeelp???

show the ratio 12 : 400 as a fraction in simplified form

ganeshie8 · Answer

$a : b$

is same as

$\large   \frac{a}{b}$

ganeshie8 · Answer

$12 : 400$

is same as

$\large   \frac{12}{400}$

simplify...

anonymous · Answer

divide by two, right?

ganeshie8 · Answer

yes.. .looks $4$ goes in both top and bottom

ganeshie8 · Answer

$\large   \frac{12}{400}   $

$\large   \frac{4\times 3}{4 \times 100}   $

ganeshie8 · Answer

cancel 4

anonymous · Answer

oooooooooooooh thanks c:

ganeshie8 · Answer

np :) just making sure, final simplified form is what ? :)

anonymous · Answer

I dunno how to do fractions here but its 3 over 100 c:

ganeshie8 · Answer

thats right ! we simply cancel 4 as its common in both top and bottom.
so final simplified form is 3/100