Solve 4/7*43/8

$$\frac { 4 } { 7 } \times 4 \frac { 3 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 8 to get 32.

$$\frac{4}{7}\times \frac{32+3}{8}$$

Add 32 and 3 to get 35.

$$\frac{4}{7}\times \frac{35}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{7} times \frac{35}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 35}{7\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 35}{7\times 8}.

$$\frac{140}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{140}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 28.

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

Factor

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