Solve 5/12div3/8

$$\frac { 5 } { 12 } \div \frac { 3 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{10}{9}\approx 1.111111111$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{12} by \frac{3}{8} by multiplying \frac{5}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{8}.

$$\frac{5}{12}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{12} times \frac{8}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 8}{12\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 8}{12\times 3}.

$$\frac{40}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{10}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 5}{3 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{1}{9} = 1.1111111111111112$$