Solve 5/4div3/2=

$$\frac { 5 } { 4 } \div \frac { 3 } { 2 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{6}\approx 0.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{4} by \frac{3}{2} by multiplying \frac{5}{4} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{2}.

$$\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{4} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 2}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 2}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{10}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.8333333333333334$$