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8 10 The ratio of square A's area to square B's area is 3 7 What is the simplest ratio of square A's area to square B's area? Enter your answer as a ratio of whole numbers in the form a:b Enter the answer I

8 10 The ratio of square A's area to square B's area is 3 7 What is the simplest ratio-example-1
User Pavel Bely
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The ratio of area of square A to the area of square B is 8/3 : 10/7.

Simplify the ratio of area of square A and area of square B.


\begin{gathered} (8)/(3)\colon(10)/(7)=((8)/(3))/((10)/(7)) \\ =(8)/(3)\cdot(7)/(10) \\ =(56)/(30) \\ =(28)/(15) \end{gathered}

So answer is 28/15.

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