Thread: Please explain this step

1) 4/3:2:2/3
2) = 2:3:1

please explain how to move from step 1 to step two?

Originally Posted by saha.subham

1) 4/3:2:2/3
2) = 2:3:1

please explain how to move from step 1 to step two?

Think about it. What do you have to do to 4/3 to reach 2? (Remember, another way of expressing 2 is 6/3.) To 2 to reach 3? To 2/3 to make 1 (3/3)?

Hello saha.subham

Originally Posted by saha.subham

1) 4/3:2:2/3
2) = 2:3:1

please explain how to move from step 1 to step two?

Remember: you can multiply (or divide) every number in a ratio by the same number, without changing the ratio's value.

So:

Have you got it now?

Grandad