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What is the answer to 1 7/9 ÷ 4/5 and explain please

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The answer to this is 20/9 or 2 2/9
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Answer:

2 2/9

Explanation:

So I'm sure you've heard of KCF (Keep, flip, change). So first to make things easier, make 1 7/9 an improper fraction, which is 16/9. And you keep it that way, but you flip 4/5, which will become 5/4. The division sign will become a multiplication sign. The F in KCF was FLIP, to flip the fraction. The C was to change the operation. The K was to keep the first fraction. Anyways, you have to do numerator x numerator and denominator x denominator when multiplying fractions, so 16 x 5 is 80, and 9 x 4 is 36. 36 can go into 80 2 times, so it'll be 2 8/36. But to simplify it, both can be divided by 4, so 8 divided by 4 is 2 and 36 divided by 4 is 9

And that is how to do it.

Answer: 2 8/36 or 2 2/9 (simplified)

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