Solve 16/10*8/1*17/4

$$\frac { 16 } { 10 } \times \frac { 8 } { 1 } \times \frac { 17 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{272}{5}=54.4$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{5}\times \frac{8}{1}\times \frac{17}{4}$$

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$\frac{8}{5}\times 8\times \frac{17}{4}$$

Express \frac{8}{5}\times 8 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{8\times 8}{5}\times \frac{17}{4}$$

Multiply 8 and 8 to get 64.

$$\frac{64}{5}\times \frac{17}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{64}{5} times \frac{17}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{64\times 17}{5\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{64\times 17}{5\times 4}.

$$\frac{1088}{20}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{1088}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{272}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {4} \cdot 17}{5} = 54\frac{2}{5} = 54.4$$