Question

I have read my math book and all and still don't understand this problem.

2/5 + ((5 − (5/9))/5/6 · 3/16

Answer 1

ok... start with the brackets

whats 5 - 5/9 =

Answer 2

40/9

Answer 3

ok... next the division

40/9 divided by 5/6

you need to know the rule for dividing by a fraction.

Answer 4

thats where i get lost

Answer 5

ok... went dividing by a fraction, flip the fraction and multiply

\[\frac{\frac{40}{9}}{\frac{5}{6}} = \frac{40}{9} \times \frac{6}{5}\]

you'll need to evalute this

Answer 6

do i need common denominators?

Answer 7

nope... you can cancel common factors... to simplify the fraction