Answers

72/287 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 0.250871 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 72 and 287 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   72 ÷ 1/287 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 72/287
   Therefore, 72/287 simplified to lowest terms is 72/287.

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