Question

Express each ratio as a fraction in its simplest form: 0.034 yards to 60 feet

Answer 1

17/10000

Explanation:

Let's compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges: convert 0.034 yard to feet and leave the other measurement as it is.

(0.034 yd)(3 ft)/(1 yd) = 0.102 ft

Now write 0.102 ft / 60 ft. Simplifying, we get 102/60000.

Reduce this by dividing numerator and denominator by 2: 51/30000.

Now it happens that 51 = 3*17, so this last result is equivalent to 17/10000.