Question

How do you simplify `6 div 1/2`?

Answer 1

See the entire solution process below:

Explanation:

First, rewrite this expression as:

`6/(1/2)` which can again be rewritten as: `(6/1)/(1/2)`

We can now use this rule for dividing fractions:

`(color(red)(a)/color(blue)(b))/(color(green)(c)/color(purple)(d)) = (color(red)(a) xx color(purple)(d))/(color(blue)(b) xx color(green)(c))`

`(color(red)(6)/color(blue)(1))/(color(green)(1)/color(purple)(2)) = (color(red)(6) xx color(purple)(2))/(color(blue)(1) xx color(green)(1)) = 12/1 = 12`