Answers

686/253 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 2.711462 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 686 and 253 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   686 ÷ 1/253 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 686/253
   Therefore, 686/253 simplified to lowest terms is 686/253.

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