Solve 6^2-3/6

$$6 ^ { 2 } - \frac { 3 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{71}{2}=35.5$$

Solution Steps

Calculate 6 to the power of 2 and get 36.

$$36-\frac{3}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$36-\frac{1}{2}$$

Convert 36 to fraction \frac{72}{2}.

$$\frac{72}{2}-\frac{1}{2}$$

Since \frac{72}{2} and \frac{1}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{72-1}{2}$$

Subtract 1 from 72 to get 71.

$$\frac{71}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{71}{2} = 35\frac{1}{2} = 35.5$$