Solve 2.6div0.39*1/2

$$2.6 \div 0.39 \times \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{10}{3}\approx 3.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{2.6}{0.39} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{260}{39}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{260}{39} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 13.

$$\frac{20}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{20}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{20\times 1}{3\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{20\times 1}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{20}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{10}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 5}{3} = 3\frac{1}{3} = 3.3333333333333335$$