Solve 3/7/frac{5{14}}=

$$\frac { \frac { 3 } { 7 } } { \frac { 5 } { 14 } } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{5}=1.2$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{7} by \frac{5}{14} by multiplying \frac{3}{7} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{14}.

$$\frac{3}{7}\times \frac{14}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{7} times \frac{14}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 14}{7\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 14}{7\times 5}.

$$\frac{42}{35}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{35} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{6}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{5} = 1\frac{1}{5} = 1.2$$