Solve 75%text{of}7.250

$$75 \% \text { of } 7.250$$

Evaluate

$$5.4375$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{75}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times 7.25$$

Convert decimal number 7.25 to fraction \frac{725}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{725}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{29}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{29}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 29}{4\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 29}{4\times 4}.

$$\frac{87}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 29}{2 ^ {4}} = 5\frac{7}{16} = 5.4375$$