Question

Write 15 cookies to 40 brownies as a ratio in simplest form.

Answer 1

if we write the ratio 15 cookies to 40 cookies we will get the following ratio

15:40

to write in simplest form we have to find the highest common factor for both 15 and 40

the factors for both 15 and 40 are as follows

15 - 1,3,5,15

40 - 1,2,4,5,8,10,20,40

the highest common factor is 5

so we have to divide both ny 5 to get the simplest form

`(15)/(5):(40)/(5) = 3:8`

ratio in the simplest form is 3:8

Answer 2

The equation for this question to reach the ratio in its simplest form would be 15:40 15 divided by 5 = 340 divided by 5 = 8, 3 : 8