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Please help!!!!

Find the quotient.
10 1/2 divided by 1 1/2
I know the answer but dont know how to properly show it!

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Here is how you show your answer
User Daz
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Ok so you make the fractions into improper fractions so
21/2 divided by 3/2
Then you change the symbol from division to multiplication so
21/2 multiplied by 3/2
Next you flip the second fraction so
21/2 multiplied by 2/3
Cross multiply which you will get
7/1 times 1/1
So your answer will be 7
User Alexander Simonov
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