Reduce Ratio 5:85

Here we will reduce the ratio 5:85 as much as possible. In other words, we will make the numbers 5 and 85 as low as they can be while still keeping the same ratio between the two numbers.

To do this we find the largest number that both 5 and 85 can be divided by. Then we divide both 5 and 85 by that number to get the new reduced ratio.

The largest number 5 and 85 can be divided by is 5. When we divide both numbers by 5, we get the new reduced ratio as follows:

1:17

To summarize, the ratio 5:85 reduced as much as possible is 1:17. You could also say that the ratio 5:85 equals 1:17.

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