Solve 5/12-(2/6x1/2)

$$\frac{ 5 }{ 12 } -( \frac{ 2 }{ 6 } x \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{x}{6}+\frac{5}{12}$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{5}{12}-\frac{1}{3}x\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5}{12}-\frac{1\times 1}{3\times 2}x$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{5}{12}-\frac{1}{6}x$$

Factor

$$\frac{5-2x}{12}$$

Solution Steps

Factor out \frac{1}{12}.

$$\frac{5-2x}{12}$$