Solve 1/3:7/39=

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } : \frac { 7 } { 39 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{7}\approx 1.857142857$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{3} by \frac{7}{39} by multiplying \frac{1}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{39}.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{39}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{39}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 39}{3\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 39}{3\times 7}.

$$\frac{39}{21}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{39}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{13}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{7} = 1\frac{6}{7} = 1.8571428571428572$$