Solve 7/9:14/3=

$$\frac { 7 } { 9 } : \frac { 14 } { 3 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{6}\approx 0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{7}{9} by \frac{14}{3} by multiplying \frac{7}{9} by the reciprocal of \frac{14}{3}.

$$\frac{7}{9}\times \frac{3}{14}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{9} times \frac{3}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 3}{9\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 3}{9\times 14}.

$$\frac{21}{126}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{21}{126} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 21.

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.16666666666666666$$