Solve 0.58-0.18/0.58*100

$$\frac { 0.58 - 0.18 } { 0.58 } \times 100$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2000}{29}\approx 68.965517241$$

Solution Steps

Subtract 0.18 from 0.58 to get 0.4.

$$\frac{0.4}{0.58}\times 100$$

Expand \frac{0.4}{0.58} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{40}{58}\times 100$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{58} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{20}{29}\times 100$$

Express \frac{20}{29}\times 100 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{20\times 100}{29}$$

Multiply 20 and 100 to get 2000.

$$\frac{2000}{29}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {4} \cdot 5 ^ {3}}{29} = 68\frac{28}{29} = 68.96551724137932$$