Solve 15/8*8/20=

$$\frac { 15 } { 8 } \times \frac { 8 } { 20 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{4}=0.75$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{8} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 2}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 2}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{30}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.75$$