Answers

85/72 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 1.180556 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 85 and 72 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   85 ÷ 1/72 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 85/72
   Therefore, 85/72 simplified to lowest terms is 85/72.

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