Solve `(5/6)/5`
Rewrite the term as `(5/6)*(1/5)`
Cancel out all the common terms in the polynomial `(5/6)*(1/5)`
`(1/6)``*1`
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Remove the single term factors from the expression.
`1/6`
What is `5/6-: 5?`
First, write 5 as an improper fraction, `5/1.`
This yields `5/6-: 5/1`
In order to divide fractions you must multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction. The reciprocal of `5/1` is `1/5.`
`5/6* 1/5` Now multply the numerators and the denominators.
`(5* 1)/(6*5)= 5/30` Now simplify the fraction.
`5/30 = 1/6`
The solution is `1/6.`
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