Solve 151/2*73/5

$$15 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 7 \frac { 3 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{589}{5}=117.8$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 15 and 2 to get 30.

$$\frac{30+1}{2}\times \frac{7\times 5+3}{5}$$

Add 30 and 1 to get 31.

$$\frac{31}{2}\times \frac{7\times 5+3}{5}$$

Multiply 7 and 5 to get 35.

$$\frac{31}{2}\times \frac{35+3}{5}$$

Add 35 and 3 to get 38.

$$\frac{31}{2}\times \frac{38}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{31}{2} times \frac{38}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{31\times 38}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{31\times 38}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{1178}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{1178}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{589}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{19 \cdot 31}{5} = 117\frac{4}{5} = 117.8$$