Solve 15%35.72

$$15 \% 35.72$$

Evaluate

$$5.358$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{20}\times 35.72$$

Convert decimal number 35.72 to fraction \frac{3572}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{3572}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{20}\times \frac{893}{25}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{20} times \frac{893}{25} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 893}{20\times 25}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 893}{20\times 25}.

$$\frac{2679}{500}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 19 \cdot 47}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 5\frac{179}{500} = 5.358$$