Solve (1+12000/24000)0.5

$$(1+ \frac{ 12000 }{ 24000 } )0.5$$

Evaluate

$$0.75$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12000}{24000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12000.

$$\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\times 0.5$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{2}{2}.

$$\left(\frac{2}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\times 0.5$$

Since \frac{2}{2} and \frac{1}{2} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{2+1}{2}\times 0.5$$

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times 0.5$$

Convert decimal number 0.5 to fraction \frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{2\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 1}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.75$$