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How do you divide fractions

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you find the reciprocal of the second fraction and change the division sign to multiplication and multiply straight across
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Dividing fractions is basically the same thing as multiplying fractions but by the reciprocal.

For example,
(3)/(8) ÷
(1)/(4) you would change this so in the second fraction that is being divided, the numerator and the denominator would switch places. Instead, it would be...


(3)/(8) x
(4)/(1)

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