Solve 1/1.40.59

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 1.4 } 0.59$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{59}{140}\approx 0.421428571$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{1}{1.4} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{10}{14}\times 0.59$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{7}\times 0.59$$

Convert decimal number 0.59 to fraction \frac{59}{100}.

$$\frac{5}{7}\times \frac{59}{100}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{7} times \frac{59}{100} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 59}{7\times 100}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 59}{7\times 100}.

$$\frac{295}{700}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{295}{700} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{59}{140}$$

Factor

$$\frac{59}{5 \cdot 7 \cdot 2 ^ {2}} = 0.42142857142857143$$