Solve 1-48/81

$$1- \frac{ 48 }{ 81 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{11}{27}\approx 0.407407407$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{48}{81} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$1-\frac{16}{27}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{27}{27}.

$$\frac{27}{27}-\frac{16}{27}$$

Since \frac{27}{27} and \frac{16}{27} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{27-16}{27}$$

Subtract 16 from 27 to get 11.

$$\frac{11}{27}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11}{3 ^ {3}} = 0.4074074074074074$$