Solve 1/3/frac{5{12}}

$$\frac { \frac { 1 } { 3 } } { \frac { 5 } { 12 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{5}=0.8$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{3} by \frac{5}{12} by multiplying \frac{1}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{12}.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{12}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{12}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 12}{3\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 12}{3\times 5}.

$$\frac{12}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{5} = 0.8$$