Question

Simplify (5/8)/(3/8)?

Answer 1

\[\frac{5/8}{3/8}\]
multiply both numerator & denominator with 8

\[ = \frac{8*5/8}{8*3/8}\]
\[ = \frac{\cancel{8}*5/\cancel{8}}{8*3/8}\]
\[ = \frac{5}{\cancel{8}*3/\cancel{8}}\]
\[= \frac{5}{3}\]

Answer 2

Yeah I got it :) It was a silly question, but I have a bad case of summer brain!

Answer 3

lol.. its not silly question. its really very very difficult to visualize this particular division... when u get time, try to visualize below once :

(five eighths of a "something" divided by "three eighths of some other thing") = ("five of somethings" divided by "three of some other things")