How to multiply complex fractions

Begin by simplifying the denominator:

Then, you perform the division by multiplying the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:

Do your simplifying now:

Finally, multiply everything:

Generally, when you multiply fractions, it is a very easy affair. This does not change for complex fractions like this. You can begin by simply multiplying the numerators and denominators directly. Thus, you know:

Now, simplify this to:

or

Now, remember that when you divide fractions, you multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:

Now, cancel your terms immediately:

, which is easy to finish:

When multiplying fractions, we can simply multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators. Therefore, is equal to

We then do the same thing again, giving us .

Now we must find the least common denominator, which is .

We multiply the top by and the bottom by . After we do this we can multiply our numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

Therefore our answer becomes,

.

Simplify both sides first. simplifies to 6. simplifies to . Finally 6 = .