Solve 14div(1-125%)

$$14 \div ( 1 - 125 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$-56$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{125}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{14}{1-\frac{5}{4}}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{4}{4}.

$$\frac{14}{\frac{4}{4}-\frac{5}{4}}$$

Since \frac{4}{4} and \frac{5}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{14}{\frac{4-5}{4}}$$

Subtract 5 from 4 to get -1.

$$\frac{14}{-\frac{1}{4}}$$

Divide 14 by -\frac{1}{4} by multiplying 14 by the reciprocal of -\frac{1}{4}.

$$14\left(-4\right)$$

Multiply 14 and -4 to get -56.

$$-56$$

Factor

$$-56$$