Solve 5/12*71/2

$$\frac{ 5 }{ 12 } \times 7 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{25}{8}=3.125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 7 and 2 to get 14.

$$\frac{5}{12}\times \frac{14+1}{2}$$

Add 14 and 1 to get 15.

$$\frac{5}{12}\times \frac{15}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{12} times \frac{15}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 15}{12\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 15}{12\times 2}.

$$\frac{75}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{75}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{25}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3}} = 3\frac{1}{8} = 3.125$$