Solve 1.4div(1-30%)

$$1.4 \div (1-30 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$2$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{1.4}{1-\frac{3}{10}}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{10}{10}.

$$\frac{1.4}{\frac{10}{10}-\frac{3}{10}}$$

Since \frac{10}{10} and \frac{3}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1.4}{\frac{10-3}{10}}$$

Subtract 3 from 10 to get 7.

$$\frac{1.4}{\frac{7}{10}}$$

Divide 1.4 by \frac{7}{10} by multiplying 1.4 by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{10}.

$$1.4\times \frac{10}{7}$$

Convert decimal number 1.4 to fraction \frac{14}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{14}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{7}{5}\times \frac{10}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{5} times \frac{10}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 10}{5\times 7}$$

Cancel out 7 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{10}{5}$$

Divide 10 by 5 to get 2.

$$2$$

Factor

$$2$$