Solve 1/12div4/9

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 12 } \div \frac{ 4 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{16}=0.1875$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{12} by \frac{4}{9} by multiplying \frac{1}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{9}.

$$\frac{1}{12}\times \frac{9}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{12} times \frac{9}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 9}{12\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 9}{12\times 4}.

$$\frac{9}{48}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{48} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.1875$$