Answers

42/857 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 0.049008 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 42 and 857 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   42 ÷ 1/857 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 42/857
   Therefore, 42/857 simplified to lowest terms is 42/857.

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