Solve 20%42.50

$$20 \% 42.50$$

Evaluate

$$8.5$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{5}\times 42.5$$

Convert decimal number 42.5 to fraction \frac{425}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{425}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{5}\times \frac{85}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{5} times \frac{85}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 85}{5\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 85}{5\times 2}.

$$\frac{85}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{85}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{17}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17}{2} = 8\frac{1}{2} = 8.5$$