SOLUTION: What is: six and four fifths * two and one half divided by two and three eighths?

Question 339967: What is: six and four fifths * two and one half divided by two and three eighths?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
six and four fifths * two and one half divided by two and three eighths




Change all the mixed numbers to improper fractions:



Invert the third fraction and change to multiplication:



Cancel the 5's



Cancel the 2 into the 34, getting 17 on top:




That's all the will cancel, so we have





Change to a mixed number:



Edwin

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