Based on the other answers, here is how I got the numbers I needed in Python;
from decimal import Decimal
def gcd(a,b):
if b == 0:
return a
return gcd(b, a%b)
def closest_aspect_ratio(width, height):
g = gcd(width, height)
x = Decimal(str(float(width)/float(g)))
y = Decimal(str(float(height)/float(g)))
dec = Decimal(str(x/y))
return dict(x=x, y=y, dec=dec)
>>> closest_aspect_ratio(1024, 768)
{'y': Decimal('3.0'),
'x': Decimal('4.0'),
'dec': Decimal('1.333333333333333333333333333')}