Solve 4/7-2/6

$$\frac { 4 } { 7 } - \frac { 2 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{21}\approx 0.238095238$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{4}{7}-\frac{1}{3}$$

Least common multiple of 7 and 3 is 21. Convert \frac{4}{7} and \frac{1}{3} to fractions with denominator 21.

$$\frac{12}{21}-\frac{7}{21}$$

Since \frac{12}{21} and \frac{7}{21} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{12-7}{21}$$

Subtract 7 from 12 to get 5.

$$\frac{5}{21}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{3 \cdot 7} = 0.23809523809523808$$