Solve 6/7*82/5

$$\frac { 6 } { 7 } \times 8 \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{36}{5}=7.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 8 and 5 to get 40.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{40+2}{5}$$

Add 40 and 2 to get 42.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{42}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{7} times \frac{42}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 42}{7\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 42}{7\times 5}.

$$\frac{252}{35}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{252}{35} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{36}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{5} = 7\frac{1}{5} = 7.2$$