Solve -3/8x*1.6y

$$- \frac{ 3 }{ 8 } x \times 1.6y$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3xy}{5}$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 1.6 to fraction \frac{16}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{3}{8}x\times \frac{8}{5}y$$

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

$$\frac{-3\times 8}{8\times 5}xy$$

Cancel out 8 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-3}{5}xy$$

Fraction \frac{-3}{5} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{5} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{5}xy$$

Differentiate w.r.t. x

$$-\frac{3y}{5}$$