How do you simplify 3 3/5 div 2 1/2335÷212?

1 Answer
Feb 15, 2017

See the entire simplification process below:

Explanation:

First, we need to convert these mixed fractions to improper fractions by multiplying the integer portion of the mixed fraction by the appropriate form of 11 and then adding the result to the fraction portion of the mixed fraction:

3 3/5 -: 2 1/2335÷212 becomes:

((3 xx 5/5) + 3/5) -: ((2 xx 2/2) + 1/2)((3×55)+35)÷((2×22)+12)

(15/5 + 3/5) -: (4/2 + 1/2)(155+35)÷(42+12)

18/5 -: 5/2185÷52

We can rewrite this as:

(18/5)/(5/2)18552

Now, we can use this rule for dividing fractions to obtain the result:

(color(red)(a)/color(blue)(b))/(color(green)(c)/color(purple)(d)) = (color(red)(a) xx color(purple)(d))/(color(blue)(b) xx color(green)(c))abcd=a×db×c

(color(red)(18)/color(blue)(5))/(color(green)(5)/color(purple)(2)) = (color(red)(18) xx color(purple)(2))/(color(blue)(5) xx color(green)(5)) = 36/2518552=18×25×5=3625

Or

(25 + 11)/25 = 25/25 + 11/25 = 1 + 11/25 = 1 11/2525+1125=2525+1125=1+1125=11125