Solve (9-50/8)

$$( 9 - \frac { 50 } { 8 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{11}{4}=2.75$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$9-\frac{25}{4}$$

Convert 9 to fraction \frac{36}{4}.

$$\frac{36}{4}-\frac{25}{4}$$

Since \frac{36}{4} and \frac{25}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{36-25}{4}$$

Subtract 25 from 36 to get 11.

$$\frac{11}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11}{2 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{3}{4} = 2.75$$