Solve 12/10*11/5

$$1 \frac { 2 } { 10 } \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{36}{25}=1.44$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 10 to get 10.

$$\frac{10+2}{10}\times \frac{1\times 5+1}{5}$$

Add 10 and 2 to get 12.

$$\frac{12}{10}\times \frac{1\times 5+1}{5}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{1\times 5+1}{5}$$

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{5+1}{5}$$

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{6}{5}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{5} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 6}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 6}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{36}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{5 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{11}{25} = 1.44$$