Solve 10/3*23/5

$$\frac { 10 } { 3 } \times 2 \frac { 3 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{26}{3}\approx 8.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 5 to get 10.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{10+3}{5}$$

Add 10 and 3 to get 13.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{13}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{10}{3} times \frac{13}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{10\times 13}{3\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{10\times 13}{3\times 5}.

$$\frac{130}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{130}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{26}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 13}{3} = 8\frac{2}{3} = 8.666666666666666$$