Solve 1frac{3/5text{yards}}{2text{yards}}

$$\frac { 1 \frac { 3 } { 5 } \text { yards } } { 2 \text { yards } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{5}=0.8$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{\frac{5+3}{5}yards}{2yards}$$

Add 5 and 3 to get 8.

$$\frac{\frac{8}{5}yards}{2yards}$$

Cancel out adrsy in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{\frac{8}{5}}{2}$$

Express \frac{\frac{8}{5}}{2} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{8}{5\times 2}$$

Multiply 5 and 2 to get 10.

$$\frac{8}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{5} = 0.8$$