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Question

$$\frac{ 5 }{ 16 } / \frac{ 25 }{ 32 }$$

Evaluate

$\frac{2}{5}=0.4$

Solution Steps

Divide $\frac{5}{16}$ by $\frac{25}{32}$ by multiplying $\frac{5}{16}$ by the reciprocal of $\frac{25}{32}$.

$$\frac{5}{16}\times \frac{32}{25}$$

Multiply $\frac{5}{16}$ times $\frac{32}{25}$ by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 32}{16\times 25}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction $\frac{5\times 32}{16\times 25}$.

$$\frac{160}{400}$$

Reduce the fraction $\frac{160}{400}$ to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out $80$.

$$\frac{2}{5}$$

Factor

$\frac{2}{5} = 0.4$