document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=347464>Question 347464</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is 1/2 divided by 3/4 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #248440 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=248440\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <ul><li>Any number can be written as a fraction. Some numbers are fractions to begin with. And whole numbers like 7 can be written as 7/1. And mixed numbers,  like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%262%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%262%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, can be written as an improper fraction: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%262%2F9+=+%283%2A9%2B2%29%2F9+=+29%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%262%2F9+=+%283%2A9%2B2%29%2F9+=+29%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.</li><li>If you take the fraction form of a number and flip it upside down, you have the reciprocal of the original number.</li><li>Whenever you divide by some number, you can change it to multiplication by the reciprocal of that number. When working with fractions, this is pretty much the only way you will learn to divide. You will change it to multiplying by the reciprocal.</li></ul><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So for 1/2 divided by 3/4, you change to multiplying by the reciprocal of 3/4:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note the the first number stays the same! You only flip the second number upside down!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you finish by multiplying and reducing:<BR>\n" );
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