Solve left(1-6/7right)1/5

$$\left( 1- \frac{ 6 }{ 7 } \right) \frac{ 1 }{ 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{35}\approx 0.028571429$$

Solution Steps

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{7}{7}.

$$\left(\frac{7}{7}-\frac{6}{7}\right)\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Since \frac{7}{7} and \frac{6}{7} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{7-6}{7}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Subtract 6 from 7 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{7}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{7} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{7\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{7\times 5}.

$$\frac{1}{35}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{5 \cdot 7} = 0.02857142857142857$$