Solve 85/8*24/28=

$$\frac { 85 } { 8 } \cdot \frac { 24 } { 28 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{255}{28}\approx 9.107142857$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{85}{8}\times \frac{6}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{85}{8} times \frac{6}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{85\times 6}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{85\times 6}{8\times 7}.

$$\frac{510}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{510}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{255}{28}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5 \cdot 17}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 7} = 9\frac{3}{28} = 9.107142857142858$$