Solve 11/4quad31/12

$$1 \frac { 1 } { 4 } \quad 3 \frac { 1 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{185}{48}\approx 3.854166667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 4 to get 4.

$$\frac{4+1}{4}\times \frac{3\times 12+1}{12}$$

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

$$\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{3\times 12+1}{12}$$

Multiply 3 and 12 to get 36.

$$\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{36+1}{12}$$

Add 36 and 1 to get 37.

$$\frac{5}{4}\times \frac{37}{12}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{4} times \frac{37}{12} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 37}{4\times 12}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 37}{4\times 12}.

$$\frac{185}{48}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 37}{2 ^ {4} \cdot 3} = 3\frac{41}{48} = 3.8541666666666665$$