Solve =1/2*17*.60

$$= \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 17 \times .60$$

Evaluate

$$5.1$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{2} and 17 to get \frac{17}{2}.

$$\frac{17}{2}\times 0.6$$

Convert decimal number 0.6 to fraction \frac{6}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

Multiply \frac{17}{2} times \frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 3}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{51}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 17}{2 \cdot 5} = 5\frac{1}{10} = 5.1$$