Solve 1.42/70.5

$$1.4 \frac{ 2 }{ 7 } 0.5$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{59}{70}\approx 0.842857143$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1.4 and 7 to get 9.8.

$$\frac{9.8+2}{7}\times 0.5$$

Add 9.8 and 2 to get 11.8.

$$\frac{11.8}{7}\times 0.5$$

Expand \frac{11.8}{7} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{118}{70}\times 0.5$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{118}{70} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{59}{35}\times 0.5$$

Convert decimal number 0.5 to fraction \frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{59}{35}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{59}{35} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{59\times 1}{35\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{59\times 1}{35\times 2}.

$$\frac{59}{70}$$

Factor

$$\frac{59}{2 \cdot 5 \cdot 7} = 0.8428571428571429$$