Solve 8%12.4=

$$8 \% 12.4=$$

Evaluate

$$0.992$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{2}{25}\times 12.4$$

Convert decimal number 12.4 to fraction \frac{124}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{124}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{25}\times \frac{62}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{25} times \frac{62}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 62}{25\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 62}{25\times 5}.

$$\frac{124}{125}$$

Factor

$$\frac{31 \cdot 2 ^ {2}}{5 ^ {3}} = 0.992$$