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Find the quotient of 5/31 divided by 15/23. Reduce your answer to the lowest fraction.

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the answer is 23/93

i hope this helps and sorry about this extra stuff i needed 20 things so i could add answer

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first a reciprocal is a fraction but flipped over. So so if we have x/y, it's recipricam is y/x.

this helps to know when you understand that dividing by a fraction is the same thing as multiplying by that fractions reciprocal.

So ifnwenhave b/c and divide it by x/y we can also say b/c multiplied by y/x. it isnthensame thing.

now to use this for your problem.

5/31 divided by 15/23
or
5/31 times 23/15

all we have to do is multiple the 2 numerator and denominator and get:
115/465

now to reduce. divide both by 5 first
23/91

both numbers are prime so that would be answer
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