Solve 8/3*3/5*7/4*1

$$\frac { 8 } { 3 } \cdot \frac { 3 } { 5 } \cdot \frac { 7 } { 4 } \cdot 1$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{14}{5}=2.8$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{8}{3} times \frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 3}{3\times 5}\times \frac{7}{4}\times 1$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{8}{5}\times \frac{7}{4}\times 1$$

Multiply \frac{8}{5} times \frac{7}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 7}{5\times 4}\times 1$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\times 7}{5\times 4}.

$$\frac{56}{20}\times 1$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{14}{5}\times 1$$

Multiply \frac{14}{5} and 1 to get \frac{14}{5}.

$$\frac{14}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 7}{5} = 2\frac{4}{5} = 2.8$$