Solve 1-+0.24/0.56

$$1-+ \frac{ 0.24 }{ 0.56 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{7}\approx 0.571428571$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{0.24}{0.56} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$1-\frac{24}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$1-\frac{3}{7}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{7}{7}.

$$\frac{7}{7}-\frac{3}{7}$$

Since \frac{7}{7} and \frac{3}{7} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{7-3}{7}$$

Subtract 3 from 7 to get 4.

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

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{7} = 0.5714285714285714$$