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SIMPLE! 100 POINTS Divide. Write your answer in simplest form. 5 _ 14 ÷ 7 _ 8​

User Ash Burlaczenko
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Answer:

20/49

Explanation:

Keep, change, flip method

Inverse


5/14 / 7/8\\= 5/14 * 8/7

Multiply


= \left(5 * 8\right) / \left(14 * 7\right)\\= 40/98

Split in half(Whereas the half is the greatest common factor, 2)


\left(40 / 2\right)/\left(98 / 2\right)\\= 20/49

Hope this helps!

User Emeka Obianom
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Are they fractions? If they are then it’s 20/49

5/14 divided by 7/8

Flip the second fraction and multiply:

5/14 x 7/8

= 40/98
=20/49
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