Solve 79.90%-25%

$$79.90 \% -25 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.549$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{79.9}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{799}{1000}-\frac{25}{100}$$

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

$$\frac{799}{1000}-\frac{1}{4}$$

Least common multiple of 1000 and 4 is 1000. Convert \frac{799}{1000} and \frac{1}{4} to fractions with denominator 1000.

$$\frac{799}{1000}-\frac{250}{1000}$$

Since \frac{799}{1000} and \frac{250}{1000} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{799-250}{1000}$$

Subtract 250 from 799 to get 549.

$$\frac{549}{1000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{61 \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 0.549$$