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Express the following ratio in its simplest form.

26min:40sec


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Solution

Expressing the given ratio in the simplest form:

Changing minutes into seconds.

26min40sec=26×60sec40sec=156040[1min=60sec]

Dividing antecedent and consequent by their HCF 40.

1560÷4040÷40=391or39:1

Hence, the simplest form of 26min:40sec is 39:1


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