Solve 1/1.659*0.51

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 1.659 } \times 0.51$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{170}{553}\approx 0.307414105$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{1}{1.659} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 1000.

$$\frac{1000}{1659}\times 0.51$$

Convert decimal number 0.51 to fraction \frac{51}{100}.

$$\frac{1000}{1659}\times \frac{51}{100}$$

Multiply \frac{1000}{1659} times \frac{51}{100} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1000\times 51}{1659\times 100}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1000\times 51}{1659\times 100}.

$$\frac{51000}{165900}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{51000}{165900} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 300.

$$\frac{170}{553}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 5 \cdot 17}{7 \cdot 79} = 0.3074141048824593$$