Basic Math Examples

$a = \frac{40^{- 1}}{0.42}$

Step 1

Move $40^{- 1}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$a = \frac{1}{0.42 \cdot 40}$

Step 2

Multiply $0.42$ by $40$ .

$a = \frac{1}{16.8}$

Step 3

Divide $1$ by $16.8$ .

$a = 0.0595238$