Reduce Ratio 6:72

Here we will reduce the ratio 6:72 as much as possible. In other words, we will make the numbers 6 and 72 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 6 and 72 can be divided by. Then we divide both 6 and 72 by that number to get the new reduced ratio.

The largest number 6 and 72 can be divided by is 6. When we divide both numbers by 6, we get the new reduced ratio as follows:

1:12

To summarize, the ratio 6:72 reduced as much as possible is 1:12. You could also say that the ratio 6:72 equals 1:12.

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