Solve 5-185/90

$$5 - \frac { 185 } { 90 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{53}{18}\approx 2.944444444$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{185}{90} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$5-\frac{37}{18}$$

Convert 5 to fraction \frac{90}{18}.

$$\frac{90}{18}-\frac{37}{18}$$

Since \frac{90}{18} and \frac{37}{18} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{90-37}{18}$$

Subtract 37 from 90 to get 53.

$$\frac{53}{18}$$

Factor

$$\frac{53}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{17}{18} = 2.9444444444444446$$