Solve 12/5*25/14

$$1 \frac { 2 } { 5 } \cdot 2 \frac { 5 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{33}{10}=3.3$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{5+2}{5}\times \frac{2\times 14+5}{14}$$

Add 5 and 2 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{5}\times \frac{2\times 14+5}{14}$$

Multiply 2 and 14 to get 28.

$$\frac{7}{5}\times \frac{28+5}{14}$$

Add 28 and 5 to get 33.

$$\frac{7}{5}\times \frac{33}{14}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{5} times \frac{33}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 33}{5\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 33}{5\times 14}.

$$\frac{231}{70}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{231}{70} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{33}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 11}{2 \cdot 5} = 3\frac{3}{10} = 3.3$$