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Question
Simplify and reduce to a simple fraction:
`1/3 xx 4 2/3 div 3 1/2 xx 1/2`
Solution
`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`
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