Solve 7/8div3/4

$$\frac{ 7 }{ 8 } \div \frac{ 3 }{ 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{6}\approx 1.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{7}{8} by \frac{3}{4} by multiplying \frac{7}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{4}.

$$\frac{7}{8}\times \frac{4}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{8} times \frac{4}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 4}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 4}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{28}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{7}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 \cdot 3} = 1\frac{1}{6} = 1.1666666666666667$$