Solve 2/3div14/3

$$\frac { 2 } { 3 } \div \frac { 14 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{7}\approx 0.142857143$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{2}{3} by \frac{14}{3} by multiplying \frac{2}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{14}{3}.

$$\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{3}{14}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{3} times \frac{3}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 3}{3\times 14}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{7} = 0.14285714285714285$$