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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help Fan and Medal! ;) A fruit vendor has 28 pears and 16 oranges. What is the ratio of oranges to pears in simplest form?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first you do put it as a fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

16/28

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then you simplify it from there

OpenStudy (vanessaperezxo):

what is a common number between 16 and 28?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you do know how to simply it right?

OpenStudy (vanessaperezxo):

2 is a common number

OpenStudy (vanessaperezxo):

you can start with a big number or small

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4/7?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its 4:7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@vanessaperezxo you were saying?

OpenStudy (vanessaperezxo):

@Frazfootballa never mind.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

haha ok was worried for a minute that i missed a step

OpenStudy (vanessaperezxo):

no you were right

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