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Julie just doesn't get how fraction division works .None of it makes sense she whined to Scott one day why does 3 over 4 divide by 2 equals to 3 over 8?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Division by any number is the same as multiplication by its inverse (reciprocal). In this case, ...


(\left((3)/(4)\right))/(2)=(3)/(4)\cdot(1)/(2)=(3\cdot 1)/(4\cdot 2)=(3)/(8)

Multiplication of fractions is done in the usual way.

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