document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=282396>Question 282396</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am trying to understand how to divide fractions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can you help me with this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/4 divided by 1/5=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if we divide 20 by 5 we get 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20/5=4 but 20 *1/5 also equals 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so dividing by a number is the same as if we multiply by the reciprocal <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so if we divide by 1/5 we can also multiply by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if we divide by 5 we can multiply by 1/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/4 divided by 1/5 is the same as multiplying by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/4*5=10/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BTW 2/4 -1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 1/2*5=10/4=2.5 or 2 1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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