Solve 23/8*31/5

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{38}{5}=7.6$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+3}{8}\times \frac{3\times 5+1}{5}$$

Add 16 and 3 to get 19.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{3\times 5+1}{5}$$

Multiply 3 and 5 to get 15.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{15+1}{5}$$

Add 15 and 1 to get 16.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{16}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{19}{8} times \frac{16}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{19\times 16}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{19\times 16}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{304}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{304}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{38}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 19}{5} = 7\frac{3}{5} = 7.6$$