Solve 14/9*27/26-1=

$$1 \frac { 4 } { 9 } \times \frac { 27 } { 26 } - 1 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 9 to get 9.

$$\frac{9+4}{9}\times \frac{27}{26}-1$$

Add 9 and 4 to get 13.

$$\frac{13}{9}\times \frac{27}{26}-1$$

Multiply \frac{13}{9} times \frac{27}{26} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 27}{9\times 26}-1$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 27}{9\times 26}.

$$\frac{351}{234}-1$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{351}{234} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 117.

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

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

$$\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{2}$$

Since \frac{3}{2} and \frac{2}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{3-2}{2}$$

Subtract 2 from 3 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$