Solve 80/12*9/40=

$$\frac { 80 } { 12 } \cdot \frac { 9 } { 40 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{2}=1.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{20}{3}\times \frac{9}{40}$$

Multiply \frac{20}{3} times \frac{9}{40} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{20\times 9}{3\times 40}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{20\times 9}{3\times 40}.

$$\frac{180}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{180}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 60.

$$\frac{3}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2} = 1\frac{1}{2} = 1.5$$