Solve 68/1.72^2

$$\frac { 68 } { 1.72 ^ { 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{42500}{1849}\approx 22.985397512$$

Solution Steps

Calculate 1.72 to the power of 2 and get 2.9584.

$$\frac{68}{2.9584}$$

Expand \frac{68}{2.9584} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10000.

$$\frac{680000}{29584}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{680000}{29584} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 16.

$$\frac{42500}{1849}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17 \cdot 2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {4}}{43 ^ {2}} = 22\frac{1822}{1849} = 22.98539751216874$$