Solve 3.8*1/50

$$3.8 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 50 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.076$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 3.8 to fraction \frac{38}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{38}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{19}{5}\times \frac{1}{50}$$

Multiply \frac{19}{5} times \frac{1}{50} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{19\times 1}{5\times 50}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{19\times 1}{5\times 50}.

$$\frac{19}{250}$$

Factor

$$\frac{19}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 0.076$$