Solve 8/9:4/3

$$\frac { 8 } { 9 } : \frac { 4 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{3}\approx 0.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{8}{9} by \frac{4}{3} by multiplying \frac{8}{9} by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{3}.

$$\frac{8}{9}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{8}{9} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 3}{9\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\times 3}{9\times 4}.

$$\frac{24}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{3} = 0.6666666666666666$$