Solve 4-144/117

$$4 - \frac { 144 } { 117 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{36}{13}\approx 2.769230769$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{144}{117} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 9.

$$4-\frac{16}{13}$$

Convert 4 to fraction \frac{52}{13}.

$$\frac{52}{13}-\frac{16}{13}$$

Since \frac{52}{13} and \frac{16}{13} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{52-16}{13}$$

Subtract 16 from 52 to get 36.

$$\frac{36}{13}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{13} = 2\frac{10}{13} = 2.769230769230769$$