Solve 25/42div5/6

$$\frac { 25 } { 42 } \div \frac { 5 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{7}\approx 0.714285714$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{25}{42} by \frac{5}{6} by multiplying \frac{25}{42} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{6}.

$$\frac{25}{42}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{25}{42} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{25\times 6}{42\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{25\times 6}{42\times 5}.

$$\frac{150}{210}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{150}{210} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 30.

$$\frac{5}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{7} = 0.7142857142857143$$