Express the ratio below in its simplest form. 1 3 : 1 2

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asked Nov 10, 2019 125k views

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Adora · Answer 1 · 2019-11-15T16:45:03+0000

You can write any ratio as a fraction so 1/3:1/2 can be re-written as
(1/3)/(1/2)

so you need to simplify the complex fraction to find the ratio

(1)/(3) * (2)/(1)

- Invert the denominator and multiply to find the ratio
2/3 - the answer
2:3 - convert back to a ratio