Here we're dividing a fraction (5/8) by another fraction. We could obtain the same result by inverting the divisor (2/5) and then multiplying (5/8) by (5/2).
The product is 25/16.
Thus, 2/5 divides into 5/8 25/16 times, or 1 9/16 times.
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