Solve (25/10)^2-2*25/10

$$( \frac { 25 } { 10 } ) ^ { 2 } - 2 \times \frac { 25 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{4}=1.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^{2}-2\times \frac{25}{10}$$

Calculate \frac{5}{2} to the power of 2 and get \frac{25}{4}.

$$\frac{25}{4}-2\times \frac{25}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{25}{4}-2\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Multiply 2 and \frac{5}{2} to get 5.

$$\frac{25}{4}-5$$

Subtract 5 from \frac{25}{4} to get \frac{5}{4}.

$$\frac{5}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{1}{4} = 1.25$$