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What the answer to 24/3/7/5=

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Answer:24/3/7/5 = 8/ 35 ≅ 0.2285714

Explanation:

Divide: 24/3: 7 = 24/3· 1/7

= 24 · 1/3 · 7

= 24/21

= 3 · 8/3 · 7= 8/7

Dividing two fractions is the same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal value of the second fraction. The first sub-step is to find the reciprocal (reverse the numerator and denominator, reciprocal of 7/1 is 1/7) of the second fraction. Next, multiply the two numerators. Then, multiply the two denominators. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 3 gives 8/

7

.

In other words - twenty-four thirds divided by seven = eight sevenths.

Divide: the result of step No. 1 : 5 = 8/7 : 5 = 8/7 · 1/5

= 8 · 1/7 · 5

= 8/35

Dividing two fractions is the same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal value of the second fraction. The first sub-step is to find the reciprocal (reverse the numerator and denominator, reciprocal of 5/1

is 1/5

) of the second fraction. Next, multiply the two numerators. Then, multiply the two denominators. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.

In other words - eight-sevenths divided by five = eight thirty-fifths.

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