Write the following ratio as a fraction in lowest terms. Compare in days.
27 days to 3weeks
27 / (3*7) = 27/21 = ___
To write the given ratio in fraction form, we need to convert the number of weeks to days so that we have a common unit.
Since 1 week has 7 days, we can calculate the number of days in 3 weeks by multiplying 3 by 7, resulting in 21 days.
Therefore, the ratio 27 days to 3 weeks can be written as a fraction:
27/21
To reduce this fraction to lowest terms, we can find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator (27) and the denominator (21).
The GCD of 27 and 21 is 3. By dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 3, we get:
27/21 = (27 ÷ 3) / (21 ÷ 3) = 9/7
So, the ratio 27 days to 3 weeks can be written as the fraction 9/7 in lowest terms.