Question about calculating a ratio. (Dumb question.)

[Zinayzen]

I have a molecule that's 57.6% X and 42.4% Y. I remember how to do this but I'm an idiot and forgot. I'm pretty sure it's 1.36:1.00, but I need it to be whole numbers and 1:1 seems off in my head.

Am I doing this right? I know it's a stupid question.

[DiscoPony]

34:25?

To add to that, since you are looking for whole numbers, you multiply each side by a certain amount to get the whole numbers. In this case, you multiply both sides by 25. That will get you the lowest common factor, or something. I dunno, school was a long time ago :v:

[Karen Crowe FCC]

and how would it be 1.35:1.00?
it's 58:42

[pl0xinat0r]

[QUOTE=Karen Crowe FCC;20534687]and how would it be 1.35:1.00?
it's 58:42[/QUOTE]
It's not.

[Zinayzen]

[QUOTE=Karen Crowe FCC;20534687]and how would it be 1.35:1.00?
it's 58:42[/QUOTE]

58:42 = 1.358:1.00

I thought that was a 4 when I rounded it up. My bad.

[Tu154M]

58:42 -> 29:21

[Zinayzen]

a;ldshf;oahsehf

son of a bitch i did the calculations wrong to get those numbers

nevermind

[Pandemix]

Jesus christ we've had alot of maths questions in GD recently....

[Tarana]

Ok, look. Here is how I would do it. Your percentages are 57.6% X and 42.4% Y, right? So multiply both those numbers by 10 to get rid of the decimal. Now you have 576:424, but to get it into simplified form, you divide both numbers by 8. Then you have 72:53. That's my best guess, but it's been a long time since I've done ratios like that.

[Karen Crowe FCC]

[QUOTE=Tarana;20535686]Ok, look. Here is how I would do it. Your percentages are 57.6% X and 42.4% Y, right? So multiply both those numbers by 10 to get rid of the decimal. Now you have 576:424, but to get it into simplified form, you divide both numbers by 8. Then you have 72:53. That's my best guess, but it's been a long time since I've done ratios like that.[/QUOTE]

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