Solve 17/8*11/5

$$1 \frac { 7 } { 8 } \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{4}=2.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+7}{8}\times \frac{1\times 5+1}{5}$$

Add 8 and 7 to get 15.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{1\times 5+1}{5}$$

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{5+1}{5}$$

Add 5 and 1 to get 6.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{8} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 6}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 6}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{90}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{90}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{9}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{1}{4} = 2.25$$