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Two halfs equal one whole. think of it like this, an orange cut in half leaves you with two halfs, put them together and you have a whole. simple. multiplying by 2 just means adding a number two times.
1 half plus one half= 2halves= 1 whole
1half x 2= 2 halves=1 whole
5:3. Simply by the common factor which is 6. 30 divided by 6 is five. 18 divided by 6 is 3. Therefore the simplest form is 5:3