Solve 3/2*3/4-1

$$\frac { 3 } { 2 } * \frac { 3 } { 4 } - 1$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{8}=0.125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 3}{2\times 4}-1$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 3}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{9}{8}-1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{8}{8}.

$$\frac{9}{8}-\frac{8}{8}$$

Since \frac{9}{8} and \frac{8}{8} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{9-8}{8}$$

Subtract 8 from 9 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.125$$