Question

The comparison of miles to hours in activity 1 is 14:2, which can be reduced to 7:1. How is simplifying similar to division

Answer 1

Simplifying 14:2 to 7:1 is similar to divison because to simplify the ratio both sides were divided by 2.

14/2 = 7

2/2 = 1

Which resulted in 7:1 as the answer.