When dividing by a fraction, turn it upside down and multiply, so to divide by 5/9 multiply by 9/5 instead: 7/12*9/5. 9 and 12 have the common factor 3 so we can divide 12 by 3 and 9 by 3: 7/4*3/5. The final result is (7*3)/(4*5)=21/20. This can be written as 1 and 1/20 or in decimals as 1.05.