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Pedro was simplifying four over seven divided by five over eight. and his work is shown below. Identify where he made his error. Original problem: four over seven divided by five over eight. Step 1: four over seven multiplied by eight over five . Step 2: four times five over seven times eight. Step 3: twenty over fifty-six. Step 4: five over fourteen.

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Answer: it's the 2nd step

Pedro made an error in step 2, he crossed multiplied instead of multiplying.

What is a fraction?

Fraction number consists of two parts, one is the top of the fraction number which is called the numerator and the second is the bottom of the fraction number which is called the denominator.

We have:

Pedro was simplifying four over seven divided by five over eight.

= (4/7)/(5/8)

= (4/7)x(8/5)

= 32/35

In Step 2 Pedro made mistake, he crossed multiplied instead of multiplying the numerators, and then the denominators.

Thus, Pedro made an error in step 2, he crossed multiplied instead of multiplying.

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