Solve 1/5-1*2/5+1

$$\frac { 1 } { 5 - 1 } \cdot \frac { 2 } { 5 + 1 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{12}\approx 0.083333333$$

Solution Steps

Subtract 1 from 5 to get 4.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{2}{5+1}$$

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{1}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.08333333333333333$$