A fruit vendor has 28 pears and 16 oranges.

What is the ratio of oranges to pears in simplest form?

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A fruit vendor has 28 pears and 16 oranges.
 
What is the ratio of oranges to pears in simplest form?

anonymous · Answer

@LunyMoony

inowalst · Answer

28:16

inowalst · Answer

Can you simplify that?

idealist10 · Answer

16/28=4/7
Answer: 4/7

anonymous · Answer

448

inowalst · Answer

Don't just give out answers. @Idealist10

lunymoony · Answer

you just have to find the number that they both can be divided by, so 4 and then you have the answers

anonymous · Answer

@LunyMoony i have troubles doing that

lunymoony · Answer

Alright, no problem, that is why we have OpenStudy

inowalst · Answer

@TheAsker2002

inowalst · Answer

First we have 16:28 as our ratio because those are the two numbers we were given. Okay?

inowalst · Answer

So now we want to simplify that to get to the lowest terms possible.

inowalst · Answer

We can divide both 16 and 28 by 2, since they are both even numbers, to get 8 and 14.

inowalst · Answer

Now looking at those two numbers you see that they can still be simplified.

inowalst · Answer

So why not divide by 2 again. 8 divided by 2 is 4 and 14 divided by 2 is 7. So now we have 4 and 7.

inowalst · Answer

Since both 4 and 7 are not both, even or odd, we cannot simplify any further. 
This means that your first ratio of 16:28 is simplified to 4:7.

anonymous · Answer

thanks

inowalst · Answer

You're welcome.