Solve 5/3div2/7

$$\frac { 5 } { 3 } \div \frac { 2 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{35}{6}\approx 5.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{3} by \frac{2}{7} by multiplying \frac{5}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{7}.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{3} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 7}{3\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 7}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{35}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 7}{2 \cdot 3} = 5\frac{5}{6} = 5.833333333333333$$