Solve 15*10^8/3*10^5/60

$$\frac { \frac { 15 \times 10 ^ { 8 } } { 3 \times 10 ^ { 5 } } } { 60 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{250}{3}\approx 83.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Express \frac{\frac{15\times 10^{8}}{3\times 10^{5}}}{60} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{15\times 10^{8}}{3\times 10^{5}\times 60}$$

Cancel out 3\times 5\times 10^{5} in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{10^{3}}{12}$$

Calculate 10 to the power of 3 and get 1000.

$$\frac{1000}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{1000}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{250}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 5 ^ {3}}{3} = 83\frac{1}{3} = 83.33333333333333$$