How can you simplify 24 minutes:40 minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-10T00:53:06

This ratio simplifies to

3 : 5

Let's rewrite the ratio as a fraction:

$24/40"minutes"/"minutes"$

Now factor the numerator and denominator:

$(2*2*2*3)/(2*2*2*5)"minutes"/"minutes"$

Cancel similar terms:

$(cancel(2*2*2)*3)/(cancel(2*2*2)*5)cancel("minutes")/cancel("minutes")$

The result is: $3/5$
which, expressed as a ratio, is 3 : 5