Solve 35/8div7/2

$$\frac{ 35 }{ 8 } \div \frac{ 7 }{ 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{4}=1.25$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{35}{8} by \frac{7}{2} by multiplying \frac{35}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{2}.

$$\frac{35}{8}\times \frac{2}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{35}{8} times \frac{2}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{35\times 2}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{35\times 2}{8\times 7}.

$$\frac{70}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{70}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$\frac{5}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{1}{4} = 1.25$$