Answer
The simplified ratio is 1 frog to 2 flies
This can be written as 1:2 where it is implied that the first number is the number of frogs, and the second number is the number of flies
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Explanation:
The ratio "4 frogs to 8 flies" can be written in shorthand as 4:8
You write the two numbers together separated by a colon
Then you divide each part by the GCF 2
4/4 = 1
8/4 = 2
That's how we go from the ratio 4:8 to its simplified form 1:2
This means that there are twice as many flies compared to frogs.
