document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13282>Question 13282</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is seven and one eights divided by five and three fifths?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6681 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6681\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> well you cannot divide fractions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you can do however, is to invert the second fraction and the multiply. This is equivalent to saying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6/2 = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6* (1/2) = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "are the same thing.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so 7(1/8) --> 57/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 5(3/5) --> 28/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "--> 57/8 * 5/28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nothing cancels down, so just have to multiply the numbers as they are, to give 285/224.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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