Solve 15/48+12+40*0.98

$$\frac{ 15 }{ 48+12+40 } \times 0.98$$

Evaluate

$$0.147$$

Solution Steps

Add 48 and 12 to get 60.

$$\frac{15}{60+40}\times 0.98$$

Add 60 and 40 to get 100.

$$\frac{15}{100}\times 0.98$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{20}\times 0.98$$

Convert decimal number 0.98 to fraction \frac{98}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{98}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{20}\times \frac{49}{50}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{20} times \frac{49}{50} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 49}{20\times 50}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 49}{20\times 50}.

$$\frac{147}{1000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 0.147$$