Solve 1/3(5.6/8)

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } ( \frac { 5.6 } { 8 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{30}\approx 0.233333333$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{5.6}{8} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{56}{80}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{80} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{7}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{7}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{3\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{3\times 10}.

$$\frac{7}{30}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5} = 0.23333333333333334$$