Given:
Ratio of 40 centimeters to 2 metre.
To find:
The ratio in its simplest form.
Solution:
We know that,
1 m = 100 cm
2 m = 200 cm
We have, ratio of 40 centimeters to 2 metre.
[tex]Ratio=\dfrac{40\ cm}{2\ m}[/tex]
[tex]Ratio=\dfrac{40\ cm}{200\ cm}[/tex]
[tex]Ratio=\dfrac{40}{200}[/tex]
[tex]Ratio=\dfrac{1}{5}[/tex]
[tex]Ratio=1:5[/tex]
Therefore, the required ratio in the simplified form is 1:5.
