Question

simplify 2-5 7/10-3 14/15​

Answer 1

Answer:

35/18

Step-by-step explanation:

Divide: 7/

12

: 3/

10

= 7/

12

· 10/

3

= 7 · 10/

12 · 3

= 70/

36

= 2 · 35/

2 · 18

= 35/

18

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 3/

10

is 10/

3

) of the second fraction. Next, multiply the two numerators. Then, multiply the two denominators. In the next intermediate step , cancel by a common factor of 2 gives 35/

18

.

In words - seven twelfths divided by three tenths = thirty-five eighteenths.