Solve 3.5/23div2

$$\frac{ 3.5 }{ 23 \div 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{23}\approx 0.304347826$$

Solution Steps

Divide 3.5 by \frac{23}{2} by multiplying 3.5 by the reciprocal of \frac{23}{2}.

$$3.5\times \frac{2}{23}$$

Convert decimal number 3.5 to fraction \frac{35}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{35}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{2}{23}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{2} times \frac{2}{23} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 2}{2\times 23}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{7}{23}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{23} = 0.30434782608695654$$