Solve 11/2*4/7

$$1 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times \frac { 4 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{7}\approx 0.857142857$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 2 to get 2.

$$\frac{2+1}{2}\times \frac{4}{7}$$

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{4}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{4}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 4}{2\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 4}{2\times 7}.

$$\frac{12}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{7} = 0.8571428571428571$$