Solve 8/15div5/6

$$\frac{ 8 }{ 15 } \div \frac{ 5 }{ 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{16}{25}=0.64$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{8}{15} by \frac{5}{6} by multiplying \frac{8}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{6}.

$$\frac{8}{15}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{8}{15} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 6}{15\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\times 6}{15\times 5}.

$$\frac{48}{75}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{48}{75} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{16}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {4}}{5 ^ {2}} = 0.64$$