Solve 1/4*178/-2+8

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 4 } \times \frac{ 178 }{ -2+8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{89}{12}\approx 7.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Add -2 and 8 to get 6.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{178}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{178}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{89}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{89}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 89}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 89}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{89}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{89}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 7\frac{5}{12} = 7.416666666666667$$