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Pedro was simplifying 4/7:5/8 and his work is shown below. Identify where he made his error which step correct
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The error was made in Step 3.
Step 1: 4/7 : 5/8
Step 2: Cross multiply to get 4*8 and 5*7
Step 3: Pedro multiplied 4*8 and got 32, but he should have actually multiplied 4*5 to get 20.
Corrected Step: 4/7 : 5/8 = 20/35 : 35/40
Step 1: 4/7 : 5/8
Step 2: Cross multiply to get 4*8 and 5*7
Step 3: Pedro multiplied 4*8 and got 32, but he should have actually multiplied 4*5 to get 20.
Corrected Step: 4/7 : 5/8 = 20/35 : 35/40
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