Solve 50%-1.20%

$$50 \% -1.20 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.488$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 50.

$$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1.2}{100}$$

Expand \frac{1.2}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{12}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{3}{250}$$

Least common multiple of 2 and 250 is 250. Convert \frac{1}{2} and \frac{3}{250} to fractions with denominator 250.

$$\frac{125}{250}-\frac{3}{250}$$

Since \frac{125}{250} and \frac{3}{250} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{125-3}{250}$$

Subtract 3 from 125 to get 122.

$$\frac{122}{250}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{122}{250} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{61}{125}$$

Factor

$$\frac{61}{5 ^ {3}} = 0.488$$