Solve 50*(1-20%)

$$50 \times (1-20 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$40$$

Solution Steps

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

$$50\left(1-\frac{1}{5}\right)$$

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

$$50\left(\frac{5}{5}-\frac{1}{5}\right)$$

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

$$50\times \frac{5-1}{5}$$

Subtract 1 from 5 to get 4.

$$50\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Express 50\times \frac{4}{5} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{50\times 4}{5}$$

Multiply 50 and 4 to get 200.

$$\frac{200}{5}$$

Divide 200 by 5 to get 40.

$$40$$

Factor

$$2^{3}\times 5$$