Solve 0.5div2/7

$$0.5 \div \frac { 2 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$1.75$$

Solution Steps

Divide 0.5 by \frac{2}{7} by multiplying 0.5 by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{7}.

$$0.5\times \frac{7}{2}$$

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.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{7}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{3}{4} = 1.75$$