Solve 8/25-2/8=

$$\frac{ 8 }{ 25 } - \frac{ 2 }{ 8 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{100}=0.07$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{25}-\frac{1}{4}$$

Least common multiple of 25 and 4 is 100. Convert \frac{8}{25} and \frac{1}{4} to fractions with denominator 100.

$$\frac{32}{100}-\frac{25}{100}$$

Since \frac{32}{100} and \frac{25}{100} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{32-25}{100}$$

Subtract 25 from 32 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{100}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.07$$