Answer: Divide: 1/
2
: 1/
3
= 1/
2
· 3/
1
= 1 · 3/
2 · 1
= 3/
2
Dividing two fractions is the same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal value of the second fraction. The first sub-step is to find the reciprocal (reverse the numerator and denominator, reciprocal of 1/
3
is 3/
1
) of the second fraction. Next, multiply the two numerators. Then, multiply the two denominators. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.
In other words - one half divided by one third = three halfs.
Explanation: The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War in that Lee's failure to take the war into the North showed the limitations of the Confederate cause and made it so that the war would be contained to and thus the damages would be felt exclusively in the South.
Colenal Prescot led his troops to BUNKER HILL so they could fire upon english ships in the harbor.
