Answers

173/72 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 2.402778 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 173 and 72 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   173 ÷ 1/72 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 173/72
   Therefore, 173/72 simplified to lowest terms is 173/72.

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