Solve 2-1.25*11/15

$$2 - 1.25 \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 15 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{3}\approx 0.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 15 to get 15.

$$2-1.25\times \frac{15+1}{15}$$

Add 15 and 1 to get 16.

$$2-1.25\times \frac{16}{15}$$

Convert decimal number 1.25 to fraction \frac{125}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{125}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$2-\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{16}{15}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{4} times \frac{16}{15} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$2-\frac{5\times 16}{4\times 15}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 16}{4\times 15}.

$$2-\frac{80}{60}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{60} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$2-\frac{4}{3}$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{6}{3}.

$$\frac{6}{3}-\frac{4}{3}$$

Since \frac{6}{3} and \frac{4}{3} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{6-4}{3}$$

Subtract 4 from 6 to get 2.

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{3} = 0.6666666666666666$$