Solve 40000000-10%

$$40000000-10 \%$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{399999999}{10}=39999999.9$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$40000000-\frac{1}{10}$$

Convert 40000000 to fraction \frac{400000000}{10}.

$$\frac{400000000}{10}-\frac{1}{10}$$

Since \frac{400000000}{10} and \frac{1}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{400000000-1}{10}$$

Subtract 1 from 400000000 to get 399999999.

$$\frac{399999999}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7 \cdot 59 \cdot 113 \cdot 2857}{2 \cdot 5} = 39999999\frac{9}{10} = 39999999.9$$