Solve 1.5*3%

$$1.5 \times 3 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.045$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 1.5 to fraction \frac{15}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{3}{100}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{3}{100} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 3}{2\times 100}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 3}{2\times 100}.

$$\frac{9}{200}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.045$$