SOLUTION: How do you solve a three high fraction like a/b/c and 2/1/8?

Question 1074834: How do you solve a three high fraction like a/b/c and 2/1/8?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
All this can be is a ratio of 3 numbers,
for instance, the ratio of the 3 dimensions
of a rectangular box.
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Then you compare with another box
2/1/8 = a/b/c
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UNLESS:
You know you have:
, then this just an ordinary fraction that
asks: how many times does go into ?
( times )
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Notice this is not the same as
which is

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you solve a three high fraction like a/b/c and 2/1/8?
;
write it:

Use rule "When dividing by a fraction, you invert the dividing fraction and multiply"
= 16
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