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How can 3/7 divided by 2/4 be written in simplest form?

User Dcarneiro
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Presenting your problem symbolically:

3
--
7

==== becomes
2
---
4


3
---
7

====

1
---
2

To divide by 1/2, multiply by 2/1:

3 2
-- * ---
7 1

Multiplying, we get 6/7.
User Dan Borza
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