Solve 3/8div9/10

$$\frac { 3 } { 8 } \div \frac { 9 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{12}\approx 0.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{8} by \frac{9}{10} by multiplying \frac{3}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{9}{10}.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{10}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{10}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 10}{8\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 10}{8\times 9}.

$$\frac{30}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{5}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.4166666666666667$$