Solve (18/15)(8/3)

$$( \frac { 18 } { 15 } ) ( \frac { 8 } { 3 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{16}{5}=3.2$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{5} times \frac{8}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 8}{5\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 8}{5\times 3}.

$$\frac{48}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{48}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{16}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {4}}{5} = 3\frac{1}{5} = 3.2$$