Solve 12/10*42/10

$$\frac { 12 } { 10 } \times \frac { 42 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{126}{25}=5.04$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{42}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{21}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{5} times \frac{21}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 21}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 21}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{126}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2} \cdot 7}{5 ^ {2}} = 5\frac{1}{25} = 5.04$$