Solve 5/18div35/27

$$\frac { 5 } { 18 } \div \frac { 35 } { 27 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{14}\approx 0.214285714$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{18} by \frac{35}{27} by multiplying \frac{5}{18} by the reciprocal of \frac{35}{27}.

$$\frac{5}{18}\times \frac{27}{35}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{18} times \frac{27}{35} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 27}{18\times 35}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 27}{18\times 35}.

$$\frac{135}{630}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{135}{630} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 45.

$$\frac{3}{14}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 \cdot 7} = 0.21428571428571427$$