Solve 899.85-2%

$$899.85-2 \%$$

Evaluate

$$899.83$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$899.85-\frac{1}{50}$$

Convert decimal number 899.85 to fraction \frac{89985}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{89985}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{17997}{20}-\frac{1}{50}$$

Least common multiple of 20 and 50 is 100. Convert \frac{17997}{20} and \frac{1}{50} to fractions with denominator 100.

$$\frac{89985}{100}-\frac{2}{100}$$

Since \frac{89985}{100} and \frac{2}{100} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{89985-2}{100}$$

Subtract 2 from 89985 to get 89983.

$$\frac{89983}{100}$$

Factor

$$\frac{89983}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 899\frac{83}{100} = 899.83$$