Question

There are 42 books for 210 students. write this ratio of books to student's in the simplest form

Answer 1

We're asked to write the ratio of 42 to 210 in its simplest form;

This can be expressed thus;

`42\colon210=\text{ }(42)/(210)`

Lets go ahead and simplify by dividing both the numerator and the denomenator by 42;