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Express the given ratio in its simplest form: 6 months: `1 1/3` years

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Solution

6 months: `1 1/3` years = 6 months : `4/3 xx 12` months

= 6 months : 16 months

`= 6/16 = (6 div 2)/(16 div 2) = 3/8 = 3:8`

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Chapter 6: Ratio and Proportion (Including Sharing in a Ratio) - Exercise 6 (A)

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 7 ICSE
Chapter 6 Ratio and Proportion (Including Sharing in a Ratio)
Exercise 6 (A) | Q 1.8

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