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dusya [7]
3 years ago
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How to divide fractions

Mathematics
2 answers:
lorasvet [3.4K]3 years ago
8 0
When dividing fractions, what you do, is turn it into multipcation. You use the multiplicitve inverse (reciprocal) to multiply.

For example:

3/7÷ 5/8 = 3/7×8/5
Oxana [17]3 years ago
5 0

Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal. In other words, we can change the division sign to multiplication and flip the second fraction. Let's try an example.

\frac{1}{2} ÷ \frac{5}{9} can be rewritten as \frac{1}{2} × \frac{9}{5}.

Now, we are simply multiplying fractions.

Multiply across the numerators and the denominators

\frac{1}{2} × \frac{9}{5} = \frac{9}{10}

Therefore, \frac{1}{2} ÷ \frac{5}{9} = \frac{9}{10}

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