Solve 1-62.5%

$$1 - 62.5 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.375$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{62.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$1-\frac{625}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{625}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 125.

$$1-\frac{5}{8}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{8}{8}.

$$\frac{8}{8}-\frac{5}{8}$$

Since \frac{8}{8} and \frac{5}{8} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{8-5}{8}$$

Subtract 5 from 8 to get 3.

$$\frac{3}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.375$$