Solve 32*(1-40%)

$$32 \times (1-40 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{96}{5}=19.2$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$32\left(1-\frac{2}{5}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{5}{5}.

$$32\left(\frac{5}{5}-\frac{2}{5}\right)$$

Since \frac{5}{5} and \frac{2}{5} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$32\times \frac{5-2}{5}$$

Subtract 2 from 5 to get 3.

$$32\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Express 32\times \frac{3}{5} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{32\times 3}{5}$$

Multiply 32 and 3 to get 96.

$$\frac{96}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {5} \cdot 3}{5} = 19\frac{1}{5} = 19.2$$