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need to divide 9/12 by 2/12 answer this question.divide the first numerator by the second numerator ignore the denominators

User Ramon Vasconcelos
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According to the given data we have the following:

(9/12)/(2/12)

To calculate this we would have to apply the fractions property as follows:


((a)/(b))/((c)/(d))=(a* d)/(b* c)

Therefore:


((9)/(12))/((2)/(12))=(9*12)/(2*12)
(9*12)/(2*12)
=(9)/(2)

=4.5

Therefore, 9/12 divided by 2/12 is 4.5

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