Homework Help: math/algebra

Posted by Diana on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 10:34am.

Simplify: 3/4/4/5
answer choices are:
a) 3/5
b) 5/3
C) 15/16
d)16/15
How do I go about solving this fraction, please show me how to work this.

3/4 divided by 4/5

1. Invert the second fraction.

3/4 / 5/4

2. Multiply the numerators and denominators.

What answer do you get?

15/16

Right! :-)

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