Solve 80%-8

$$80 \% -8$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{36}{5}=-7.2$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{4}{5}-8$$

Convert 8 to fraction \frac{40}{5}.

$$\frac{4}{5}-\frac{40}{5}$$

Since \frac{4}{5} and \frac{40}{5} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{4-40}{5}$$

Subtract 40 from 4 to get -36.

$$-\frac{36}{5}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{36}{5} = -7\frac{1}{5} = -7.2$$