Solve 2/4*34/80.8

$$\frac { 2 } { 4 } \cdot 3 \frac { 4 } { 8 } 0.8$$

Evaluate

$$1.4$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{3\times 8+4}{8}\times 0.8$$

Multiply 3 and 8 to get 24.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{24+4}{8}\times 0.8$$

Add 24 and 4 to get 28.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{28}{8}\times 0.8$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{7}{2}\times 0.8$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}\times 0.8$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times 0.8$$

Convert decimal number 0.8 to fraction \frac{8}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{4} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 4}{4\times 5}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{7}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{5} = 1\frac{2}{5} = 1.4$$