Solve 7/15/2/5

$$\frac { 7 } { 15 } / \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{6}\approx 1.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{7}{15} by \frac{2}{5} by multiplying \frac{7}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{5}.

$$\frac{7}{15}\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{15} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 5}{15\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 5}{15\times 2}.

$$\frac{35}{30}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{35}{30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{7}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 \cdot 3} = 1\frac{1}{6} = 1.1666666666666667$$