Solve =1/2*0.5*19600

$$= \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 0.5 \times 19600$$

Evaluate

$$4900$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.5 to fraction \frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}\times 19600$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{2\times 2}\times 19600$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times 19600$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} and 19600 to get \frac{19600}{4}.

$$\frac{19600}{4}$$

Divide 19600 by 4 to get 4900.

$$4900$$

Factor

$$2^{2}\times 5^{2}\times 7^{2}$$