Answers

279/257 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 1.085603 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 279 and 257 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   279 ÷ 1/257 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 279/257
   Therefore, 279/257 simplified to lowest terms is 279/257.

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