Question

Divide 48.72/8.4 Step by step

Answer 1

48.72 ÷ 8.4
To remove the decimals , we need to multiply 100 as there are two places to be moved in the numerator.So , both the numerator and denominator has to be multiplied by 100
i.e ,
(48.72 × 100) ÷ (8.4 × 100)
= 4872 ÷ 840 = 5.8


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Answer 2

Given: 48.72/8.4

To find: We have to find the value of the division.

Solution:

The given expression is 48.72/8.4.

To find the result of the division we have to follow the below steps-

48.72 can be written in terms of fraction as 4872/100.

8.4 can be written in terms of fraction as 84/10.

Dividing the two fractions we get-

$\frac{\frac{4872}{100} }{ \frac{84}{10} } \\ \frac{4872}{100} \times \frac{10}{84} \\ \frac{1218}{10} \times \frac{1}{21} \\ \frac{406}{10} \times \frac{1}{7} \\ \frac{58}{10} \\ = 5.8$

Thus, the result is 5.8.

So, the result of the division of the above expression is 5.8.