Solve 60div(1+20%)

$$60 \div (1+20 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$50$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{60}{1+\frac{1}{5}}$$

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

$$\frac{60}{\frac{5}{5}+\frac{1}{5}}$$

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

$$\frac{60}{\frac{5+1}{5}}$$

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{60}{\frac{6}{5}}$$

Divide 60 by \frac{6}{5} by multiplying 60 by the reciprocal of \frac{6}{5}.

$$60\times \frac{5}{6}$$

Express 60\times \frac{5}{6} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{60\times 5}{6}$$

Multiply 60 and 5 to get 300.

$$\frac{300}{6}$$

Divide 300 by 6 to get 50.

$$50$$

Factor

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