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Someone help me with the ASAP!

Someone help me with the ASAP!-example-1
User ARA
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\mathsf{Given :\;\;(12)/((3)/(5))}


\mathsf{:\implies 12 * (5)/(3)}


\mathsf{:\implies 4 * 5}


\mathsf{:\implies 20}

User Sanket Shah
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This is a situation where a "Please" would really help.

In the picture, I see a 12 being divided by 3/5 .

I'm sure you've learned how to divide by a fraction . . . you flip the fraction upside down, and then multiply by it.

So, if you need to divide 12 by 3/5, you'll need to flip the 3/5 upside down, then multiply the 12 by 5/3 .

Are you uncomfortable because you know how to multiply two fractions, but 12 is not a fraction so there's only one fraction here ? Is that what's troubling you, Bunky ?

What if I take the 12 and write it as 12/1 . I haven't changed it at all, but now it looks like a fraction ! So now the problem is: Multiply (12/1) x (5/3) .

Multiply the two numerators to get the numerator of the product.

Numerator is (12 x 5) = 60

Multiply the two denominators to get the denominator of the product.

Denominator is (1 x 3) = 3

So the product is 60/3 .

You could leave it like that. But I don't think the teacher would be happy, because 60/3 is crying out to be simplified.

It's 20 .

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