Solve 21/4:3/2

$$\frac { 21 } { 4 } : \frac { 3 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{2}=3.5$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{21}{4} by \frac{3}{2} by multiplying \frac{21}{4} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{2}.

$$\frac{21}{4}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{21}{4} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{21\times 2}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{21\times 2}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{42}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{7}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2} = 3\frac{1}{2} = 3.5$$