Solve 25/6*14/17

$$2 \frac { 5 } { 6 } \times 1 \frac { 4 } { 17 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{2}=3.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 6 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+5}{6}\times \frac{1\times 17+4}{17}$$

Add 12 and 5 to get 17.

$$\frac{17}{6}\times \frac{1\times 17+4}{17}$$

Multiply 1 and 17 to get 17.

$$\frac{17}{6}\times \frac{17+4}{17}$$

Add 17 and 4 to get 21.

$$\frac{17}{6}\times \frac{21}{17}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{6} times \frac{21}{17} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 21}{6\times 17}$$

Cancel out 17 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{21}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{21}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{7}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2} = 3\frac{1}{2} = 3.5$$