Answers

257/42 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 6.119048 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 257 and 42 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   257 ÷ 1/42 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 257/42
   Therefore, 257/42 simplified to lowest terms is 257/42.

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