Question

2 1⁄2 ÷ 1 3⁄6 please help me with the RIGHT answer.

Answer 1

`1(2)/(3)`

Explanation:

We want to simplify:

`2 (1)/(2) / 1 (3)/(6)`

This is the same as:

`2 (1)/(2) / 1 (1)/(2)`

Now let us convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.

`(5)/(2) / (3)/(2)`

We multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction to get:

`(5)/(2) * (2)/(3)`

Cancel out the common factors to obtain:

`(5)/(3) = 1 (2)/(3)`