Solve 1200-50%

$$1200-50 \%$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2399}{2}=1199.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 50.

$$1200-\frac{1}{2}$$

Convert 1200 to fraction \frac{2400}{2}.

$$\frac{2400}{2}-\frac{1}{2}$$

Since \frac{2400}{2} and \frac{1}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{2400-1}{2}$$

Subtract 1 from 2400 to get 2399.

$$\frac{2399}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2399}{2} = 1199\frac{1}{2} = 1199.5$$