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What's 2 1/2 divided by 1/2?

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  • 11-01-2017
2[tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] divided by [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] is 5
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olemakpadu olemakpadu
  • 11-01-2017
2  1/2  divided by 1/2

Change 2 1/2 to improper fraction = (2*2 + 1)/2 = (4 + 1)/2 = 5/2

2  1/2  ÷ 1/2 = 5/2  ÷ 1/2

We change the ÷ to × and the fraction 1/2 inverts to 2/1

= 5/2  ÷ 1/2

= 5/2  × 2/1        2 would cancel out 2.

= 5/1

= 5

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