How do you solve 8\frac { 4 } { 9 } \div 7 \frac { 1 1 } { 1 2 }?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

16/15

Explanation:

First, let's turn them into improper fractions

76/9-:95/12

When dividing fractions, we can simply multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to get the same answer

76/9*12/95

When multiplying fractions we multiply straight across

(76*12)/(9*95)

912/855

Simplify

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