Solve 15.07/5.5

$$15.07 / 5.5$$

Evaluate

$$1.507$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{15.07}{5} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{1507}{500}\times 0.5$$

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.

$$\frac{1507}{500}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1507}{500} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1507\times 1}{500\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1507\times 1}{500\times 2}.

$$\frac{1507}{1000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11 \cdot 137}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 1\frac{507}{1000} = 1.507$$