Solve 2/7*83/4

$$\frac { 2 } { 7 } \cdot 8 \frac { 3 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{2}=2.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 8 and 4 to get 32.

$$\frac{2}{7}\times \frac{32+3}{4}$$

Add 32 and 3 to get 35.

$$\frac{2}{7}\times \frac{35}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{7} times \frac{35}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 35}{7\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 35}{7\times 4}.

$$\frac{70}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{70}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$\frac{5}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2} = 2\frac{1}{2} = 2.5$$