+23254 When you start with a ratio like 14:4,
you can write it as a common fraction: 14/4,
and as a common fraction in reduced form: 7/2.
Sometimes, it is valuable to have one of the terms 1, such as 3.5/1.
This ratio would be difficult to write with a numerator of 1, but if the ratio were 4:14,
it could be reduced to 1:3.5.
You would like to have two numbers in your answer, so for 4:14, you probably wouldn't want to write it as a decimal: 0.285714285714...
And, you wouldn't want to write 14:4 as a mixed fraction 3 1/2/
+23254 When you start with a ratio like 14:4,
you can write it as a common fraction: 14/4,
and as a common fraction in reduced form: 7/2.
Sometimes, it is valuable to have one of the terms 1, such as 3.5/1.
This ratio would be difficult to write with a numerator of 1, but if the ratio were 4:14,
it could be reduced to 1:3.5.
You would like to have two numbers in your answer, so for 4:14, you probably wouldn't want to write it as a decimal: 0.285714285714...
And, you wouldn't want to write 14:4 as a mixed fraction 3 1/2/
