Please help me with this question. What is 1/2 divided by 1/2?

User Icon for R_scott R_scott answered
5 years ago

something divided by itself is one

User Icon for Weather Weather answered
5 years ago

K, thx. Already knew that, just to make sure I was correct. Thx!

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find the division of fractions, you can multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

So, to solve 1/2 divided by 1/2, you can rewrite it as 1/2 multiplied by the reciprocal of 1/2. The reciprocal of a fraction is obtained by swapping the numerator and denominator of the fraction.

The reciprocal of 1/2 is 2/1 (or simply 2).

Now, you can multiply 1/2 by 2/1:

(1/2) * (2/1) = (1 * 2) / (2 * 1) = 2/2 = 1

Therefore, 1/2 divided by 1/2 is equal to 1.