How to do ratio step by step

Answer: exp for a ratio

If you had 10 apples and 12 bannana you unsimplified answer would be 10:12 (always put smaller number first) but when you simplify it it would be divide by any in this case 2 10 divided by 2 equals 5 so five apples and then 12/2 because you have to do the same to each sting so you would have to put the smaller number first so that would be 5 to 6 the ratio would be 5 to 6 and you would have to do that and many other situations