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The question
Question: simplify the ratio 100 to 75.
Simplify means: smaller numbers, the same ratio.
100 : 75
1 Divide every part
100 and 75 can both be divided by 25.
We divide every part by 25.
The ratio stays the same.
= 100 ÷ 25 : 75 ÷ 25
100 divided by 25 is 4.
75 divided by 25 is 3.
= 4 : 3
Nothing else divides all of them.
So the simplest ratio is 4 to 3.
Answer
= 4 : 3