How do you find the quotient of 15 divided by 5/6?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-18T00:26:18

#18#

Quotient is the answer after you divide one number (dividend) by another (divisor).

In this question #15# is the dividend.

Whereas, #5/6# is the divisor.

Calculation:

#=15-:5/6#

Note that that the sign #(-:)# could be change to #(xx)# to make calculation easier, but in order to do that, #5/6# must be inverted to #6/5#.

That will make the calculation looks like;

#=15xx6/5#

We can simplify #15# and #5# to give us the final answer;

#=cancel(15)3xx6/(cancel(5)1)#

#=3xx6#

#=18#