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What is Half of Three-Fourths?

Answer – Half of three-fourths is $\frac{3}{8}$ .

Explanation:

In order to calculate what half of a fraction is, it should be multiplied by half, i.e. $\frac{1}{2}$ .

Essentially, the denominator should be multiplied by two.

Therefore, half of $\frac{3}{4} = \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{3}{4 \times 2} = \frac{3}{8}$

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