Solve 1.2*0.5div4/5

$$1.2 \times 0.5 \div \frac{ 4 }{ 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1.2 and 0.5 to get 0.6.

$$\frac{0.6}{\frac{4}{5}}$$

Divide 0.6 by \frac{4}{5} by multiplying 0.6 by the reciprocal of \frac{4}{5}.

$$0.6\times \frac{5}{4}$$

Convert decimal number 0.6 to fraction \frac{6}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{5}\times \frac{5}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{5} times \frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 5}{5\times 4}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.75$$