Solve 2/14-1/8

$$\frac{ 2 }{ 14 } - \frac{ 1 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{56}\approx 0.017857143$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{7}-\frac{1}{8}$$

Least common multiple of 7 and 8 is 56. Convert \frac{1}{7} and \frac{1}{8} to fractions with denominator 56.

$$\frac{8}{56}-\frac{7}{56}$$

Since \frac{8}{56} and \frac{7}{56} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{8-7}{56}$$

Subtract 7 from 8 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{56}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 7} = 0.017857142857142856$$