Solve 3/8/frac{7{12}}=

$$\frac { \frac { 3 } { 8 } } { \frac { 7 } { 12 } } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{14}\approx 0.642857143$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{8} by \frac{7}{12} by multiplying \frac{3}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{12}.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{12}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{12}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 12}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 12}{8\times 7}.

$$\frac{36}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{9}{14}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 \cdot 7} = 0.6428571428571429$$