Solve 75*(1-36%)

$$75 \times ( 1 - 36 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$48$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$75\left(1-\frac{9}{25}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{25}{25}.

$$75\left(\frac{25}{25}-\frac{9}{25}\right)$$

Since \frac{25}{25} and \frac{9}{25} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$75\times \frac{25-9}{25}$$

Subtract 9 from 25 to get 16.

$$75\times \frac{16}{25}$$

Express 75\times \frac{16}{25} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{75\times 16}{25}$$

Multiply 75 and 16 to get 1200.

$$\frac{1200}{25}$$

Divide 1200 by 25 to get 48.

$$48$$

Factor

$$2^{4}\times 3$$