Solve 15.5%9000

$$15.5 \% 9000$$

Evaluate

$$1395$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{15.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{155}{1000}\times 9000$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{155}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{31}{200}\times 9000$$

Express \frac{31}{200}\times 9000 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{31\times 9000}{200}$$

Multiply 31 and 9000 to get 279000.

$$\frac{279000}{200}$$

Divide 279000 by 200 to get 1395.

$$1395$$

Factor

$$5\times 31\times 3^{2}$$