SOLUTION: HOW DO YOU DIVIDE 11/8 BY 3

Question 504954: HOW DO YOU DIVIDE 11/8 BY 3
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
HOW DO YOU DIVIDE 11/8 BY 3
here is an easy method, dividing by 3 is the same as multiplying by 1/3 so
* =
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This asks:
How do you divide into 3 equal parts?
Suppose the problem was:
How do you divide into 3 equal parts?
That would be
With your problem, you have to divide the
into 3 equal parts:
Now you have
This is an important fact:
, and they both equal answer
If this is true, then
Divide top and bottom by :
OK
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