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Juan has 6 dollars and Xian has 42 quarters. Find the ratio of Juan's sum of money to Xian's sum of money, as a fraction in lowest terms.

Answer 1

Juan has $6.00 and Xian has $5.25

Answer 2

but it had to be in a fraction

Answer 3

42 quarters is 42x25

so juan has 6 dollars for every 10.50 dollars xian has
6:10.5
you want whole numbers so multiply both by 2

12:21

your fraction is 12/21 which can be simplified by dividing by 3 on top and bottom to get
4/7

Answer 4

so the answer is 4/7?