Question

Simplify and reduce to a simple fraction:

`1/3 xx 4 2/3 div 3 1/2 xx 1/2`

Answer 1

`1/3 xx 4 2/3 div 3 1/2 xx 1/2`

`= 1/3 xx (4 xx 3 + 2)/3 div (3 xx 2 + 1)/2 xx 1/2`

`= 1/3 xx 14/3 div 7/2 xx 1/2`

`= 1/3 xx 14/3 xx 2/7 xx 1/2`  ...[Applying the rule of BODMAS]

[Performing division first]

`= (1 xx 14 xx 2 xx 1)/(3 xx 3 xx 7 xx 2)`

`= 2/9`