Solve 5/6:10/3

$$\frac { 5 } { 6 } : \frac { 10 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{6} by \frac{10}{3} by multiplying \frac{5}{6} by the reciprocal of \frac{10}{3}.

$$\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{3}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{6} times \frac{3}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 3}{6\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 3}{6\times 10}.

$$\frac{15}{60}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{60} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$