your form is ambiguous, you will need brackets
e.g. it could be (1/2)/(3/4), then the answer is
(1/2)*(4/3) = 4/6 = 2/3
following the strict rules of BEDMAS, since all operators are the same we have to perform the operations from left to right in the order they come
so 1/2/3/4
= (1/2)÷3/4
= (1/6) ÷ 4
= 1 /24
Wolfram followed that method:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2F2%2F3%2F4
What is the simplified form of 1/2/3/4
1/24?
or 3/8
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