SOLUTION: simplify each complex fraction 1/8 ___ 3/4

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Question 283770: simplify each complex fraction
1/8
___
3/4

Answer by JenniferTutors(83)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For this problem:

You cannot divide the two, you have to multiply the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction:

It turns into multiplication.
Now multiply across:
1x4 = 4
8x3 = 24

Simplify, 4 goes into itself once and 24 six times:

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