Solve 15/7*1/6-1/14=

$$\frac { 15 } { 7 } \times \frac { 1 } { 6 } - \frac { 1 } { 14 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{7}\approx 0.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{15}{7} times \frac{1}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 1}{7\times 6}-\frac{1}{14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 1}{7\times 6}.

$$\frac{15}{42}-\frac{1}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{5}{14}-\frac{1}{14}$$

Since \frac{5}{14} and \frac{1}{14} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{5-1}{14}$$

Subtract 1 from 5 to get 4.

$$\frac{4}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{7} = 0.2857142857142857$$