I understand how to divide fractions by other fractions but want to know why this is a useful mathematical technique. When do you need/want to divide a fraction by another fraction? What’s it useful for? Is it a specialist thing or am I missing an obvious application?
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Fundamentally it answers the exact same questions you might have about dividing whole numbers.
E.g. how many quarters go into one half? 1/2 ÷ 1/4 = 2
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