Solve 23/4*31/2

$$2 \frac { 3 } { 4 } \times 3 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{77}{8}=9.625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 4 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+3}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Add 8 and 3 to get 11.

$$\frac{11}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{11}{4}\times \frac{6+1}{2}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{11}{4}\times \frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{11}{4} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{11\times 7}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\times 7}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{77}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 11}{2 ^ {3}} = 9\frac{5}{8} = 9.625$$