Solve 13/16*12/10

$$\frac { 13 } { 16 } \times \frac { 12 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{39}{40}=0.975$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{13}{16}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{16} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 6}{16\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 6}{16\times 5}.

$$\frac{78}{80}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{78}{80} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{39}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5} = 0.975$$