A Fraction equal to 1/5 and 7/8 with a denominator of 40?

Remember

anything times 1=same thing and

x/x=1 where x=x

so

mutliply both fractions by what makes the bottom numbers 40

1/5

5 times what=40?

answer is 8

multily by 1 or 8/8

1/5 times 8/8=8/40

7/8

8 is bottom

8 times what is 40? answer is 5

multiply by 1 or 5/5

7/8 times 5/5=35/40

1/5=8/40

7/8=35/40

they are not equal

No because you multiply 1/5 by 8 ans you will get 8/40 mean while you got 7/8 and multiply that by 5 and you get 35/40 so the answer is no