Solve 5/8div5/6

$$\frac { 5 } { 8 } \div \frac { 5 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{4}=0.75$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{8} by \frac{5}{6} by multiplying \frac{5}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{6}.

$$\frac{5}{8}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{8} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 6}{8\times 5}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{6}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.75$$