Solve 4/12div9/8

$$\frac{ 4 }{ 12 } \div \frac{ 9 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8}{27}\approx 0.296296296$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{4}{12} by \frac{9}{8} by multiplying \frac{4}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{9}{8}.

$$\frac{4\times 8}{12\times 9}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{8}{3\times 9}$$

Multiply 3 and 9 to get 27.

$$\frac{8}{27}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3}}{3 ^ {3}} = 0.2962962962962963$$