Question

How do you divide a fraction

Answer 1

5 6

7 8

do the reciprocal of 6/8 OR 5/7.
5 8 40 20/21
= and simplify
7 6 42

Answer 2

It's always best to simply multiply by the reciprocal
For example:

`(2)/(3) / (3)/(4)`
The reciprocal basically means to "flip" the fraction so...
3/4 -----> 4/3
(Only flip ONE of the fractions not both of them...you can choose either fraction for flip you'd still get the same answer)
Now instead of a division problem we have a multiplication problem now our problem looks like this:

`(2)/(3) * (4)/(3)`
Now we simply multiply across

`(2*4=8)/(3*3=9)`
As you see above I multiplied across to get a final answer of

`(8)/(9)`

And that's how you divide a fraction.