Solve 63/15/frac{4{2}}

$$\frac { \frac { 63 } { 15 } } { \frac { 4 } { 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{21}{10}=2.1$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{63}{15} by \frac{4}{2} by multiplying \frac{63}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{2}.

$$\frac{63\times 2}{15\times 4}$$

Cancel out 2\times 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{21}{2\times 5}$$

Multiply 2 and 5 to get 10.

$$\frac{21}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 \cdot 5} = 2\frac{1}{10} = 2.1$$