Question

What is `1,840.5072 -: 23.56`?

Answer 1

Long divide to find:

`1840.5072 -: 23.56 = 78.12`

Explanation:

First let's multiply both the dividend and the divisor by `100` to make the divisor into an integer:

`1840.5072 -: 23.56 = 184050.72 -: 2356`

When long dividing, it is often helpful to write out multiples of the divisor first as a handy reference:

`1 - color(white)(0)2356`
`2 - color(white)(0)4712`
`3 - color(white)(0)7068`
`4 - color(white)(0)9424`
`5 - 11780`
`6 - 14136`
`7 - 16492`
`8 - 18848`
`9 - 21204`

So long dividing `184050.72` by `2356` we get a quotient `78.12` with no remainder.