Solve 7000(1-40%)

$$7000(1-40 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$4200$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$7000\left(1-\frac{2}{5}\right)$$

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

$$7000\left(\frac{5}{5}-\frac{2}{5}\right)$$

Since \frac{5}{5} and \frac{2}{5} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$7000\times \frac{5-2}{5}$$

Subtract 2 from 5 to get 3.

$$7000\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Express 7000\times \frac{3}{5} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{7000\times 3}{5}$$

Multiply 7000 and 3 to get 21000.

$$\frac{21000}{5}$$

Divide 21000 by 5 to get 4200.

$$4200$$

Factor

$$2^{3}\times 3\times 5^{2}\times 7$$