Solve 5/12*17/30*3/5

$$\frac { 5 } { 12 } \cdot \frac { 17 } { 30 } \cdot \frac { 3 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{17}{120}\approx 0.141666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{5}{12} times \frac{17}{30} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 17}{12\times 30}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 17}{12\times 30}.

$$\frac{85}{360}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{85}{360} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{17}{72}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{72} times \frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 3}{72\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 3}{72\times 5}.

$$\frac{51}{360}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{51}{360} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{17}{120}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 3 \cdot 5} = 0.14166666666666666$$