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What dose 3 ÷ 5⁄8 equal

User Tom Roth
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3 divided by a fraction is actually multiplying the opposite fraction, 8/5, is the answer. Then 3 * 8/5 = 24/5. Simplified that would be 4 4/5.
User Fred Sobotka
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3 ÷ 5/8 =
3/1 ÷ 5/8=
3/1 × 8/5 =
24/5 =
4 4/5
User Jerem Lachkar
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