Solve 6.72div3/5

$$6.72 \div \frac{ 3 }{ 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$11.2$$

Solution Steps

Divide 6.72 by \frac{3}{5} by multiplying 6.72 by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{5}.

$$6.72\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Convert decimal number 6.72 to fraction \frac{672}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{672}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{168}{25}\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{168}{25} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{168\times 5}{25\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{168\times 5}{25\times 3}.

$$\frac{840}{75}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{840}{75} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{56}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 2 ^ {3}}{5} = 11\frac{1}{5} = 11.2$$