Answer :
A ratio can be written as a:b, where the colon represents a fraction.
The given situation is represented as the ratio 26:8, then simplify dividing each part by 2.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{26}{2}\colon\frac{8}{2} \\ 13\colon4 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore the ratio, in the lowest terms, is 13:4.