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\n" ); document.write( "Sometimes you have to ignore the preachings of tutor @maththerapy. Obviously there is not only \"1 CORRECT way\" to solve this problem. And the convoluted method he uses to solve the problem is DEFINITELY NOT the SIMPLEST.
\n" ); document.write( "Tutor @theo provides several valid options, all of which are less work than what @maththerapy does.
\n" ); document.write( "The easiest way to work this problem is to recognize that 2/5 is just half of 4/5 (listen to the words, if you don't see it in the written fractions). Since 2/5 is half of 4/5, the 4/5 must have been divided by 2 to get the 2/5.
\n" ); document.write( "That method of solution admittedly won't be seen by most people. So the next best way to solve the problem, in my opinion, is to know that (a/c) divided by (b/c) is just a/b. So (4/5) divided by (2/5) is just 4/2 = 2.
\n" ); document.write( "It always works that way. In elementary school you are told that, to divide fractions, you \"flip\" the second fraction and multiply. When you do that with a problem like this, the denominators cancel:
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\n" ); document.write( "This method is equivalent to one of the methods suggested by @theo: multiply both fractions by their common denominator, 5:
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\n" ); document.write( "And you can always use the straightforward process taught in elementary school, without realizing there is a shortcut:
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