Solve 21/8div17/4=

$$2 \frac { 1 } { 8 } \div \frac { 17 } { 4 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{2\times 8+1}{8} by \frac{17}{4} by multiplying \frac{2\times 8+1}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{17}{4}.

$$\frac{\left(2\times 8+1\right)\times 4}{8\times 17}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1+2\times 8}{2\times 17}$$

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{1+16}{2\times 17}$$

Add 1 and 16 to get 17.

$$\frac{17}{2\times 17}$$

Multiply 2 and 17 to get 34.

$$\frac{17}{34}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{17}{34} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 17.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$