Solve 25*(1-25%)

$$25 \times (1-25 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{75}{4}=18.75$$

Solution Steps

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

$$25\left(1-\frac{1}{4}\right)$$

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

$$25\left(\frac{4}{4}-\frac{1}{4}\right)$$

Since \frac{4}{4} and \frac{1}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$25\times \frac{4-1}{4}$$

Subtract 1 from 4 to get 3.

$$25\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Express 25\times \frac{3}{4} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{25\times 3}{4}$$

Multiply 25 and 3 to get 75.

$$\frac{75}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {2}} = 18\frac{3}{4} = 18.75$$