Solve 48/51:64/49

$$\frac { 48 } { 51 } : \frac { 64 } { 49 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{49}{68}\approx 0.720588235$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{48}{51} by \frac{64}{49} by multiplying \frac{48}{51} by the reciprocal of \frac{64}{49}.

$$\frac{48\times 49}{51\times 64}$$

Cancel out 3\times 16 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{49}{4\times 17}$$

Multiply 4 and 17 to get 68.

$$\frac{49}{68}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 17} = 0.7205882352941176$$