Solve 40/20*40/20*20/40

$$\frac { 40 } { 20 } \times \frac { 40 } { 20 } \times \frac { 20 } { 40 }$$

Evaluate

$$2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{40}{20} and \frac{40}{20} to get \left(\frac{40}{20}\right)^{2}.

$$\left(\frac{40}{20}\right)^{2}\times \frac{20}{40}$$

Divide 40 by 20 to get 2.

$$2^{2}\times \frac{20}{40}$$

Calculate 2 to the power of 2 and get 4.

$$4\times \frac{20}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

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

Multiply 4 and \frac{1}{2} to get \frac{4}{2}.

$$\frac{4}{2}$$

Divide 4 by 2 to get 2.

$$2$$

Factor

$$2$$