Solve 71.5div2/3

$$71.5 \div \frac{ 2 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$107.25$$

Solution Steps

Divide 71.5 by \frac{2}{3} by multiplying 71.5 by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{3}.

$$71.5\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Convert decimal number 71.5 to fraction \frac{715}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{715}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{143}{2}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{143}{2} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{143\times 3}{2\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{143\times 3}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{429}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 11 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {2}} = 107\frac{1}{4} = 107.25$$