Solve 18/12*18/9=

$$1 \frac { 8 } { 12 } \times 1 \frac { 8 } { 9 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{85}{27}\approx 3.148148148$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 12 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+8}{12}\times \frac{1\times 9+8}{9}$$

Add 12 and 8 to get 20.

$$\frac{20}{12}\times \frac{1\times 9+8}{9}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{1\times 9+8}{9}$$

Multiply 1 and 9 to get 9.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{9+8}{9}$$

Add 9 and 8 to get 17.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{17}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{3} times \frac{17}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 17}{3\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 17}{3\times 9}.

$$\frac{85}{27}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 17}{3 ^ {3}} = 3\frac{4}{27} = 3.1481481481481484$$