Solve 850div(1-90%)

$$850 \div (1-90 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$8500$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{90}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{850}{1-\frac{9}{10}}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{10}{10}.

$$\frac{850}{\frac{10}{10}-\frac{9}{10}}$$

Since \frac{10}{10} and \frac{9}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{850}{\frac{10-9}{10}}$$

Subtract 9 from 10 to get 1.

$$\frac{850}{\frac{1}{10}}$$

Divide 850 by \frac{1}{10} by multiplying 850 by the reciprocal of \frac{1}{10}.

$$850\times 10$$

Multiply 850 and 10 to get 8500.

$$8500$$

Factor

$$2^{2}\times 5^{3}\times 17$$