Solve 17/6div7/8

$$\frac { 17 } { 6 } \div \frac { 7 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{68}{21}\approx 3.238095238$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{17}{6} by \frac{7}{8} by multiplying \frac{17}{6} by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{8}.

$$\frac{17}{6}\times \frac{8}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{6} times \frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 8}{6\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 8}{6\times 7}.

$$\frac{136}{42}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{136}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{68}{21}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 17}{3 \cdot 7} = 3\frac{5}{21} = 3.238095238095238$$