Solve 5/7*1/2+1/14

$$\frac { 5 } { 7 } \times \frac { 1 } { 2 } + \frac { 1 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{7}\approx 0.428571429$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{5}{7} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 1}{7\times 2}+\frac{1}{14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 1}{7\times 2}.

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

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

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

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{6}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{7} = 0.42857142857142855$$