Solve 4/3div8/9

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{2}=1.5$$

Solution Steps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2} = 1\frac{1}{2} = 1.5$$