Calculate: /(5) 8 / /(3) 4

Expression: $$\frac { 5 } { 8 } \div \frac { 3 } { 4 }$$

Divide $\frac{5}{8}$ by $\frac{3}{4}$ by multiplying $\frac{5}{8}$ by the reciprocal of $\frac{3}{4}$.

$$\frac{5}{8}\times \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)$$

Multiply $\frac{5}{8}$ times $\frac{4}{3}$ by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 4}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction $\frac{5\times 4}{8\times 3}$.

$$\frac{20}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction $\frac{20}{24}$ to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out $4$.

$$\frac{5}{6}$$