Solve 96div(1-80%)

$$96 \div (1-80 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$480$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{96}{1-\frac{4}{5}}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{5}{5}.

$$\frac{96}{\frac{5}{5}-\frac{4}{5}}$$

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

$$\frac{96}{\frac{5-4}{5}}$$

Subtract 4 from 5 to get 1.

$$\frac{96}{\frac{1}{5}}$$

Divide 96 by \frac{1}{5} by multiplying 96 by the reciprocal of \frac{1}{5}.

$$96\times 5$$

Multiply 96 and 5 to get 480.

$$480$$

Factor

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