Solve 7/6-5/15

$$\frac { 7 } { 6 } - \frac { 5 } { 15 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{6}\approx 0.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{7}{6}-\frac{1}{3}$$

Least common multiple of 6 and 3 is 6. Convert \frac{7}{6} and \frac{1}{3} to fractions with denominator 6.

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

Since \frac{7}{6} and \frac{2}{6} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

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

Subtract 2 from 7 to get 5.

$$\frac{5}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.8333333333333334$$