Solve 38.9/0.84*0.5

$$\frac{ 38.9 }{ 0.84 } \times 0.5$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1945}{84}\approx 23.154761905$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{38.9}{0.84} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{3890}{84}\times 0.5$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3890}{84} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1945}{42}\times 0.5$$

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.

$$\frac{1945}{42}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1945}{42} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1945\times 1}{42\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1945\times 1}{42\times 2}.

$$\frac{1945}{84}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 389}{3 \cdot 7 \cdot 2 ^ {2}} = 23\frac{13}{84} = 23.154761904761905$$