Solve 5%+0.2%

$$5 \% +0.2 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.052$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{20}+\frac{0.2}{100}$$

Expand \frac{0.2}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{1}{20}+\frac{2}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{20}+\frac{1}{500}$$

Least common multiple of 20 and 500 is 500. Convert \frac{1}{20} and \frac{1}{500} to fractions with denominator 500.

$$\frac{25}{500}+\frac{1}{500}$$

Since \frac{25}{500} and \frac{1}{500} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{25+1}{500}$$

Add 25 and 1 to get 26.

$$\frac{26}{500}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{26}{500} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{13}{250}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 0.052$$