Solve 5/12:10/21

$$\frac { 5 } { 12 } : \frac { 10 } { 21 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{8}=0.875$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{12} by \frac{10}{21} by multiplying \frac{5}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{10}{21}.

$$\frac{5}{12}\times \frac{21}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{12} times \frac{21}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 21}{12\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 21}{12\times 10}.

$$\frac{105}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{105}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.875$$