SOLUTION: divide. then simplify, if possible 3/8 divide 2 1/4

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Question 27013: divide. then simplify, if possible
3/8 divide 2 1/4
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 and a quarter is 9/4 as a vulgar fraction.

You cannot divide fractions, but we can invert the second fraction and then multiply. Hence we get

3%2F8+%2A+4%2F9
1%2F8+%2A+4%2F3
1%2F2+%2A+1%2F3
1%2F6

jon.