Solve 38%text{of}57?

$$38 \% \text { of } 57 ?$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1083}{50}=21.66$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{38}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{19}{50}\times 57$$

Express \frac{19}{50}\times 57 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{19\times 57}{50}$$

Multiply 19 and 57 to get 1083.

$$\frac{1083}{50}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 19 ^ {2}}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 21\frac{33}{50} = 21.66$$