Solve 8/15*17/12

$$\frac { 8 } { 15 } * 1 \frac { 7 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{38}{45}\approx 0.844444444$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 12 to get 12.

$$\frac{8}{15}\times \frac{12+7}{12}$$

Add 12 and 7 to get 19.

$$\frac{8}{15}\times \frac{19}{12}$$

Multiply \frac{8}{15} times \frac{19}{12} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 19}{15\times 12}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\times 19}{15\times 12}.

$$\frac{152}{180}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{152}{180} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{38}{45}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 19}{3 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 0.8444444444444444$$