Solve 17/26:68/39

$$\frac { 17 } { 26 } : \frac { 68 } { 39 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{8}=0.375$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{17}{26} by \frac{68}{39} by multiplying \frac{17}{26} by the reciprocal of \frac{68}{39}.

$$\frac{17}{26}\times \frac{39}{68}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{26} times \frac{39}{68} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 39}{26\times 68}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 39}{26\times 68}.

$$\frac{663}{1768}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{663}{1768} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 221.

$$\frac{3}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.375$$