Solve 3/4text{of}21/2

$$\frac { 3 } { 4 } \text { of } 2 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{15}{8}=1.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 2 to get 4.

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

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 5}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 5}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{15}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5}{2 ^ {3}} = 1\frac{7}{8} = 1.875$$