Solve (9+7)/9/frac{4{2}}

$$\frac { \frac { ( 9 + 7 ) } { 9 } } { \frac { 4 } { 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8}{9}\approx 0.888888889$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{9+7}{9} by \frac{4}{2} by multiplying \frac{9+7}{9} by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{2}.

$$\frac{\left(9+7\right)\times 2}{9\times 4}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{7+9}{2\times 9}$$

Add 7 and 9 to get 16.

$$\frac{16}{2\times 9}$$

Multiply 2 and 9 to get 18.

$$\frac{16}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3}}{3 ^ {2}} = 0.8888888888888888$$