SOLUTION: I can't find a place to ask questions about equivalent fractions, but can someone tell me if 2/5 is equivalent to 5/2? If no, the other options are: 2& 1/2, 0.4, 2&1/5. Thank you

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Question 46262: I can't find a place to ask questions about equivalent fractions, but can someone tell me if 2/5 is equivalent to 5/2? If no, the other options are: 2& 1/2, 0.4, 2&1/5. Thank you!
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/5 = 4/10 which is 40% or 0.40
2/5 is equivalent to 0.4