Solve =37.5div15/2

$$= 37.5 \div \frac { 15 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$5$$

Solution Steps

Divide 37.5 by \frac{15}{2} by multiplying 37.5 by the reciprocal of \frac{15}{2}.

$$37.5\times \frac{2}{15}$$

Convert decimal number 37.5 to fraction \frac{375}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{375}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{75}{2}\times \frac{2}{15}$$

Multiply \frac{75}{2} times \frac{2}{15} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{75\times 2}{2\times 15}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{75}{15}$$

Divide 75 by 15 to get 5.

$$5$$

Factor

$$5$$