How do you simplify $(3/4) / 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-25T00:13:13

$color(red)((3/4)/3 = 1/4)$

You want to simplify $(3/4)/3$

Dividing by $3$ is the same as multiplying by $1/3$ , so

$(3/4)/3 = 3/4× 1/3$

Now cancel the $3$ in numerator and denominator.

$color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3)))/4× 1/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3))) =1/4× 1/1 = 1/4$

∴ $(3/4)/3 = 1/4$

How do you simplify (3/4) / 3(3/4) / 3?