Solve 12/7*113/15

$$1 \frac { 2 } { 7 } \cdot 1 \frac { 13 } { 15 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{12}{5}=2.4$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 7 to get 7.

$$\frac{7+2}{7}\times \frac{1\times 15+13}{15}$$

Add 7 and 2 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{7}\times \frac{1\times 15+13}{15}$$

Multiply 1 and 15 to get 15.

$$\frac{9}{7}\times \frac{15+13}{15}$$

Add 15 and 13 to get 28.

$$\frac{9}{7}\times \frac{28}{15}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{7} times \frac{28}{15} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 28}{7\times 15}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 28}{7\times 15}.

$$\frac{252}{105}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{252}{105} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 21.

$$\frac{12}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3}{5} = 2\frac{2}{5} = 2.4$$