Solve 12.5%*7/8=

$$12.5 \% \times \frac { 7 } { 8 } =$$

Evaluate

$$0.109375$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{12.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{125}{1000}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{8\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{8\times 8}.

$$\frac{7}{64}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {6}} = 0.109375$$