Solve 65.5/1*1/12.01

$$\frac{ 65.5 }{ 1 } \times \frac{ 1 }{ 12.01 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6550}{1201}\approx 5.45378851$$

Solution Steps

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$65.5\times \frac{1}{12.01}$$

Expand \frac{1}{12.01} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$65.5\times \frac{100}{1201}$$

Convert decimal number 65.5 to fraction \frac{655}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{655}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{131}{2}\times \frac{100}{1201}$$

Multiply \frac{131}{2} times \frac{100}{1201} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{131\times 100}{2\times 1201}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{131\times 100}{2\times 1201}.

$$\frac{13100}{2402}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{13100}{2402} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6550}{1201}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 131 \cdot 5 ^ {2}}{1201} = 5\frac{545}{1201} = 5.453788509575354$$