Question

How do you simplify the complex fraction 5/8 over 1 1/4

Answer 1

The answer is 5\22; if you can't do that, just simplify do the "Kentucky Chicken Fry" method, which means you Keep the first term [⅝], Change from ÷ to ×, and finally Flip [Reciprocate (Multiplicative Inverse)] the final term [11\4 to 4\11].