Solve 5/8div3/2=

$$\frac { 5 } { 8 } \div \frac { 3 } { 2 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{12}\approx 0.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{8} by \frac{3}{2} by multiplying \frac{5}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{2}.

$$\frac{5}{8}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{8} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 2}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 2}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{10}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.4166666666666667$$