Solve 1-37.5%=

$$1-37.5 \% =$$

Evaluate

$$0.625$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{37.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$1-\frac{375}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{375}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 125.

$$1-\frac{3}{8}$$

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

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

Since \frac{8}{8} and \frac{3}{8} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

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

Subtract 3 from 8 to get 5.

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

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.625$$