Solve 1/2div11/10

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } \div \frac { 11 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{11}\approx 0.454545455$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{2} by \frac{11}{10} by multiplying \frac{1}{2} by the reciprocal of \frac{11}{10}.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{10}{11}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{10}{11} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 10}{2\times 11}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 10}{2\times 11}.

$$\frac{10}{22}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{22} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{11}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{11} = 0.45454545454545453$$