Dividing Fractions Practice

Question 1

Divide ³/₅ with ²/₇. Give the answer in the simplest form.

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Step 1

Let's write down these fractions:

$Divide fractions, 3/5 with 2/7$

Step 2

To solve this, we change the division to multiplication. We can do so provided that we also change the divisor to its reciprocal.

Step 3

After the change, we can just multiply the fractions together.

$Multiply the fractions, 3/5 with 7/2$

Step 4

Here, we have the resulting fraction as 2 ¹/₁₀. Clearly, the answer is B.

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