Solve 1-(0.36div0.6*5.60

$$1-(0.36 \div 0.6 \times 5.60$$

Evaluate

$$-2.36$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{0.36}{0.6} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$1-\frac{36}{60}\times 5.6$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{60} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$1-\frac{3}{5}\times 5.6$$

Convert decimal number 5.6 to fraction \frac{56}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$1-\frac{3}{5}\times \frac{28}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{5} times \frac{28}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$1-\frac{3\times 28}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 28}{5\times 5}.

$$1-\frac{84}{25}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{25}{25}.

$$\frac{25}{25}-\frac{84}{25}$$

Since \frac{25}{25} and \frac{84}{25} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{25-84}{25}$$

Subtract 84 from 25 to get -59.

$$-\frac{59}{25}$$

Factor

$$-2.36$$