Solve 3/16:3/13

$$\frac { 3 } { 16 } : \frac { 3 } { 13 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{16}=0.8125$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{16} by \frac{3}{13} by multiplying \frac{3}{16} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{13}.

$$\frac{3}{16}\times \frac{13}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{16} times \frac{13}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 13}{16\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{13}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.8125$$