Question

how to solve 12 over 17 divided by 6 over 7. I know the answer is 14/17, but I do not understand how they solved it.

Answer 1

Answer:

See Step-by-step.

Step-by-step explanation:

A simple trick when dividing fractions is to flip the second fraction then multiply. For example if the equation is $\frac{a}{b} / \frac{c}{d}$, Flip c and d and change the sign to multiply. $\frac{a}{b} * \frac{d}{c}$.

So for this, we first flip 6/7 to 7/6, then multiply. 12/17 * 7/6. We multiply the numerators together and the denominators together, so 12 * 7 = 84, and 17 * 6 = 102. 84/102 Is our answer, but we can simplify this down to 14/17.