Solve 1/2(12.25)

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } ( 12.25 )$$

Evaluate

$$6.125$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 12.25 to fraction \frac{1225}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{1225}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{49}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{49}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 49}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 49}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{49}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3}} = 6\frac{1}{8} = 6.125$$