How do you divide #\frac { 15} { 8x ^ { 3} } \div \frac { 3} { 16x ^ { 2} }#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-23T16:49:44

#10/x#

Flip the fraction on the right side and change it to a multiplication problem:

#15/(8x^3) xx (16x^2)/3#

Factor out terms so we can cancel:

#(5**3)/(8x^2x) xx (8x^2 xx 2 )/ 3#

#5/x xx 2/1#

Now solve:

#10/x#