Solve 4.8div(1+20%)

$$4.8 \div (1+20 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$4$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{4.8}{1+\frac{1}{5}}$$

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

$$\frac{4.8}{\frac{5}{5}+\frac{1}{5}}$$

Since \frac{5}{5} and \frac{1}{5} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{4.8}{\frac{5+1}{5}}$$

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{4.8}{\frac{6}{5}}$$

Divide 4.8 by \frac{6}{5} by multiplying 4.8 by the reciprocal of \frac{6}{5}.

$$4.8\times \frac{5}{6}$$

Convert decimal number 4.8 to fraction \frac{48}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{48}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{24}{5}\times \frac{5}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{24}{5} times \frac{5}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{24\times 5}{5\times 6}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{24}{6}$$

Divide 24 by 6 to get 4.

$$4$$

Factor

$$2^{2}$$