Answers

686/279 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 2.458781 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 279 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   686 ÷ 1/279 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 686/279
   Therefore, 686/279 simplified to lowest terms is 686/279.

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