Solve 17/1.2/frac{3.6{2}}

$$\frac { \frac { 17 } { 1.2 } } { \frac { 3.6 } { 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{425}{54}\approx 7.87037037$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{17}{1.2} by \frac{3.6}{2} by multiplying \frac{17}{1.2} by the reciprocal of \frac{3.6}{2}.

$$\frac{17\times 2}{1.2\times 3.6}$$

Multiply 17 and 2 to get 34.

$$\frac{34}{1.2\times 3.6}$$

Multiply 1.2 and 3.6 to get 4.32.

$$\frac{34}{4.32}$$

Expand \frac{34}{4.32} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{3400}{432}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3400}{432} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{425}{54}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17 \cdot 5 ^ {2}}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {3}} = 7\frac{47}{54} = 7.87037037037037$$