Solve 2.8%/100*98

$$\frac{ 2.8 \% }{ 100 } \times 98$$

Evaluate

$$0.02744$$

Solution Steps

Express \frac{\frac{2.8}{100}}{100} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{2.8}{100\times 100}\times 98$$

Multiply 100 and 100 to get 10000.

$$\frac{2.8}{10000}\times 98$$

Expand \frac{2.8}{10000} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{28}{100000}\times 98$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{100000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{7}{25000}\times 98$$

Express \frac{7}{25000}\times 98 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{7\times 98}{25000}$$

Multiply 7 and 98 to get 686.

$$\frac{686}{25000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{686}{25000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{343}{12500}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 ^ {3}}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {5}} = 0.02744$$