Solve 1/3:2/9

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } : \frac { 2 } { 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{2}=1.5$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{3} by \frac{2}{9} by multiplying \frac{1}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{9}.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 9}{3\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 9}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{9}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2} = 1\frac{1}{2} = 1.5$$