Solve 18/5*1/8*3=

$$\frac { 18 } { 5 } \times \frac { 1 } { 8 } \times 3 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{27}{20}=1.35$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{18}{5} times \frac{1}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{18\times 1}{5\times 8}\times 3$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{18\times 1}{5\times 8}.

$$\frac{18}{40}\times 3$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{9}{20}\times 3$$

Express \frac{9}{20}\times 3 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{9\times 3}{20}$$

Multiply 9 and 3 to get 27.

$$\frac{27}{20}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {3}}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 1\frac{7}{20} = 1.35$$