Solve 0.6*1*7/8

$$0.6 \times \frac{ 1 \cdot 7 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.525$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 7 to get 7.

$$0.6\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Convert decimal number 0.6 to fraction \frac{6}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{5}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{5} times \frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 7}{5\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 7}{5\times 8}.

$$\frac{21}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{5 \cdot 2 ^ {3}} = 0.525$$