SOLUTION: divide. then simplify, if possible 3/8 divide 2 1/4

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Question 27013: divide. then simplify, if possible
3/8 divide 2 1/4

Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2 and a quarter is 9/4 as a vulgar fraction.

You cannot divide fractions, but we can invert the second fraction and then multiply. Hence we get






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