Trigonometry Examples

$\frac{π}{2} - \frac{3 π}{10}$

Step 1

To write $\frac{π}{2}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{5}{5}$ .

$\frac{π}{2} \cdot \frac{5}{5} - \frac{3 π}{10}$

Step 2

Write each expression with a common denominator of $10$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

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Step 2.1

Multiply $\frac{π}{2}$ by $\frac{5}{5}$ .

$\frac{π \cdot 5}{2 \cdot 5} - \frac{3 π}{10}$

Step 2.2

Multiply $2$ by $5$ .

$\frac{π \cdot 5}{10} - \frac{3 π}{10}$

Step 3

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{π \cdot 5 - 3 π}{10}$

Step 4

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 4.1

Move $5$ to the left of $π$ .

$\frac{5 \cdot π - 3 π}{10}$

Step 4.2

Subtract $3 π$ from $5 π$ .

$\frac{2 π}{10}$

Step 5

Cancel the common factor of $2$ and $10$ .

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Step 5.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 π$ .

$\frac{2 (π)}{10}$

Step 5.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 5.2.1

Factor $2$ out of $10$ .

$\frac{2 π}{2 \cdot 5}$

Step 5.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 π}{2 \cdot 5}$

Step 5.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{π}{5}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{π}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$0.62831853 \dots$