Solve 7/5:14/3

$$\frac { 7 } { 5 } : \frac { 14 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{10}=0.3$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{7}{5} by \frac{14}{3} by multiplying \frac{7}{5} by the reciprocal of \frac{14}{3}.

$$\frac{7}{5}\times \frac{3}{14}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{5} times \frac{3}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 3}{5\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 3}{5\times 14}.

$$\frac{21}{70}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{21}{70} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{3}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 \cdot 5} = 0.3$$