Solve (3/8)(4/10)=

$$( \frac { 3 } { 8 } ) ( \frac { 4 } { 10 } ) =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{20}=0.15$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 2}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 2}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{6}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{20}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 0.15$$