Solve 2/5:4/5

$$\frac { 2 } { 5 } : \frac { 4 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{2}{5} by \frac{4}{5} by multiplying \frac{2}{5} by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{5}.

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

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$