Solve 80*(1-15%)

$$80 \times (1-15 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$68$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$80\left(1-\frac{3}{20}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{20}{20}.

$$80\left(\frac{20}{20}-\frac{3}{20}\right)$$

Since \frac{20}{20} and \frac{3}{20} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$80\times \frac{20-3}{20}$$

Subtract 3 from 20 to get 17.

$$80\times \frac{17}{20}$$

Express 80\times \frac{17}{20} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{80\times 17}{20}$$

Multiply 80 and 17 to get 1360.

$$\frac{1360}{20}$$

Divide 1360 by 20 to get 68.

$$68$$

Factor

$$2^{2}\times 17$$