Solve 17/12/frac{15{17}}

$$\frac { \frac { 17 } { 12 } } { \frac { 15 } { 17 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{289}{180}\approx 1.605555556$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{17}{12} by \frac{15}{17} by multiplying \frac{17}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{15}{17}.

$$\frac{17}{12}\times \frac{17}{15}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{12} times \frac{17}{15} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 17}{12\times 15}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 17}{12\times 15}.

$$\frac{289}{180}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 1\frac{109}{180} = 1.6055555555555556$$