Solve =3/12*4/3=4/1

$$= \frac { 3 } { 12 } \times \frac { 4 } { 3 } = \frac { 4 } { 1 }$$

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Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{4}{3}=\frac{4}{1}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{4}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 4}{4\times 3}=\frac{4}{1}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{3}=\frac{4}{1}$$

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$\frac{1}{3}=4$$

Convert 4 to fraction \frac{12}{3}.

$$\frac{1}{3}=\frac{12}{3}$$

Compare \frac{1}{3} and \frac{12}{3}.

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