SOLUTION: result in simplest form 3 1/3 divide 2 2/3

Question 40046: result in simplest form

3 1/3

divide

2 2/3
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 1/3 divided by 2 2/3
Let us change both to improper fractions first...so we get
10/3 divided by 8/3
Then flip (or invert) the second number and change it to a multiplication problem...giving us
10/3 * 3/8 =
now cancel threes and get
10/8 = 5/4 or 1 1/4
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