Solve 18.5*80/100

$$18.5 \times \frac{ 80 }{ 100 }$$

Evaluate

$$14.8$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$18.5\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Convert decimal number 18.5 to fraction \frac{185}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{185}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{37}{2}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{37}{2} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{37\times 4}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{37\times 4}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{148}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{148}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{74}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 37}{5} = 14\frac{4}{5} = 14.8$$