Solve (53/4)(1/3)(2)

$$( 5 \frac { 3 } { 4 } )( \frac{ 1 }{ 3 } )(2)$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{23}{6}\approx 3.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 4 to get 20.

$$\frac{20+3}{4}\times \frac{1}{3}\times 2$$

Add 20 and 3 to get 23.

$$\frac{23}{4}\times \frac{1}{3}\times 2$$

Multiply \frac{23}{4} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{23\times 1}{4\times 3}\times 2$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{23\times 1}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{23}{12}\times 2$$

Express \frac{23}{12}\times 2 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{23\times 2}{12}$$

Multiply 23 and 2 to get 46.

$$\frac{46}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{46}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{23}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{23}{2 \cdot 3} = 3\frac{5}{6} = 3.8333333333333335$$