Solve 5/2-6/8

$$\frac { 5 } { 2 } - \frac { 6 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{4}=1.75$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{2}-\frac{3}{4}$$

Least common multiple of 2 and 4 is 4. Convert \frac{5}{2} and \frac{3}{4} to fractions with denominator 4.

$$\frac{10}{4}-\frac{3}{4}$$

Since \frac{10}{4} and \frac{3}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{10-3}{4}$$

Subtract 3 from 10 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{3}{4} = 1.75$$