Solve 3/8/frac{3{7}}=

$$\frac{ \frac{ 3 }{ 8 } }{ \frac{ 3 }{ 7 } } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{8}=0.875$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{8} by \frac{3}{7} by multiplying \frac{3}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{7}.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{7}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{7}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 7}{8\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.875$$