• Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    In case people would like it demonstrated,

    0.25/0.5

    = 1/4 ÷ 1/2

    = 2/4 ÷ 2/2

    = 1/2 ÷ 1

    A÷1 = A, therefore 0.25/0.5 = 0.5

    Alternatively, (a/b)/(c/d) = (a×d)/(b×c)

    1/4 ÷ 1/2 = 1×2 ÷ 4×1 = 2/4 = 1/2

    • Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 months ago

      And before any pedants crawl out of the woodwork, there are a load of implied brackets, at the spaces.