What is the simplified form of $(11/12) / (7/3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-09T05:47:37

$(11/12)/(7/3)=11/28$ .

Dividing by a fraction is equivalent to multiplying by its multiplicative inverse.

Hence, dividing by $7/3$ is equivalent to multiplying by $3/7$ or

$(11/12)/(7/3)=11/12×3/7$

= $11/(4cancel12)/×(cancel3)/7=11/28$ .

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