Solve 5-8/47*23/8

$$5- \frac{ 8 }{ 47 } \times \frac{ 23 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{212}{47}\approx 4.510638298$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{8}{47} times \frac{23}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$5-\frac{8\times 23}{47\times 8}$$

Cancel out 8 in both numerator and denominator.

$$5-\frac{23}{47}$$

Convert 5 to fraction \frac{235}{47}.

$$\frac{235}{47}-\frac{23}{47}$$

Since \frac{235}{47} and \frac{23}{47} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{235-23}{47}$$

Subtract 23 from 235 to get 212.

$$\frac{212}{47}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 53}{47} = 4\frac{24}{47} = 4.51063829787234$$