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Three fourths ÷ one fourth

User Tutuca
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The way I did this was made everything decimals so .75/.25 and it equals 3

User Onilol
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When you divide by a fraction, you are multiplying by the reciprocal.

(The reciprocal is the fraction but "flipped")

So


(3)/(4) / (1)/(4) = (3)/(4) * (4)/(1) = 12/4 =3
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