Solve 4/5:2/3

$$\frac { 4 } { 5 } : \frac { 2 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{5}=1.2$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{4}{5} by \frac{2}{3} by multiplying \frac{4}{5} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{3}.

$$\frac{4}{5}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{5} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 3}{5\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 3}{5\times 2}.

$$\frac{12}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{5} = 1\frac{1}{5} = 1.2$$