8/56 = 1/7
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I think what you might have meant was LCD (Lowest Common Denominator) The LCD for 11/7 and 3/8 is 56 Making equivalent fractions using the LCD: 11/7 becomes 88/56 3/8 becomes 21/56
3/56 divided by 8/7 is 0.046875
5/8 times 56 = 5 x 56/8 = 5 x 7 = 35
you need to equal them out, so it is actually 48 over 56 (times by 8) subtract 7 over 56 (times by 7). so the answer is 41 over 56.
1 note that the numerator becomes 7 x 8, and the denominator becomes 8 x 7, which in both cases works out to 56. So you have 56/56 which is 1.