Dividing by a fraction might seem difficult at first, but it''s probably easier than you think. Like many other math problems, there''s a simple trick that makes this a total breeze.
To divide by a fraction, all you need to do is flip the fraction upside down then multiply by the new fraction instead of divide. We call this the reciprocal of the fraction. For example, the reciprocal of:
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