Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{\frac{5}{2}}{1}}{4}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{\frac{5}{2}}{4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5}{8}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Remove 1 from denominator. |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{5}{2} $ by $ 4 $ to get $ \dfrac{5}{8} $. To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{5}{2} }{4} = \frac{5}{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{4}} = \frac{5}{8} \end{aligned} $$ |