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How do you divide fractions to solve for the unkown?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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when you divide fractions you need to flip the second fraction to get the reciprocal

eg. 4 over 5 would be 5 over 4

then after you flip the second fraction you change the division sign into a multiplication sign and you multiply.

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