Solve 17/16:85/4=

$$\frac { 17 } { 16 } : \frac { 85 } { 4 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{20}=0.05$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{17}{16} by \frac{85}{4} by multiplying \frac{17}{16} by the reciprocal of \frac{85}{4}.

$$\frac{17}{16}\times \frac{4}{85}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{16} times \frac{4}{85} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 4}{16\times 85}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 4}{16\times 85}.

$$\frac{68}{1360}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{68}{1360} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 68.

$$\frac{1}{20}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 0.05$$