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Divide 7/24 by 35/48 and reduce the quotient to the lowest fraction. A. 4/10 B. 2/5 C. 42/48 D. 245/1152
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Divide 7/24 by 35/48 and reduce the quotient to the lowest fraction.

A. 4/10
B. 2/5
C. 42/48
D. 245/1152

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7 35
------ ÷ -------- = ?
24 48

48
------
35

7 48
------- × --------
24 35

7 × 48 = 336

24 × 35 = 840

336 2
-------- = -------
840 5

SO, Your answer would be B. 2/5.

7 35 2
------ ÷ ------- = ------- (Simplest Form)
24 48 5

Hope I helped:P
User Cdn
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the answer is B.2/5
flip 35/48 so it looks like this 48/35 then chance the divide symbol and put the multiply symbol 7*48=336, and 24*35=840. your answer is 336/840 then simply reduce to get 2/5.
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