Solve 3/8*11/12

$$\frac { 3 } { 8 } \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{32}=0.40625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 12 to get 12.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{12+1}{12}$$

Add 12 and 1 to get 13.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{13}{12}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{13}{12} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 13}{8\times 12}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 13}{8\times 12}.

$$\frac{39}{96}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{39}{96} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{13}{32}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2 ^ {5}} = 0.40625$$