Solve 17/8*32/5

$$1 \frac { 7 } { 8 } \times 3 \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{51}{8}=6.375$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+7}{8}\times \frac{3\times 5+2}{5}$$

Add 8 and 7 to get 15.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{3\times 5+2}{5}$$

Multiply 3 and 5 to get 15.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{15+2}{5}$$

Add 15 and 2 to get 17.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{17}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{8} times \frac{17}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 17}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 17}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{255}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{255}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{51}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 17}{2 ^ {3}} = 6\frac{3}{8} = 6.375$$