Exercise 5 Page 21

We want to simplify the following expression. 45/10 As we can see, we have a complex fraction. Let's rewrite it as a division problem. 45/10 = 4/5 ÷ 10 Now we can write the division by 10 as multiplication by the reciprocal of 10, which is 110. 4/5 ÷ 10 = 4/5 * 1/10 Finally, let's evaluate the expression.

4/5 * 1/10

MultFrac

Multiply fractions

4* 1/5* 10

Multiply

Multiply

4/50

Notice that we can reduce the fraction that we got.

4/50

ReduceFrac

a/b=.a /2./.b /2.

4÷ 2/50÷ 2

SimpQuot

Simplify quotient

2/25

We found that the given complex fraction is equal to 225.