Solve 25/8*2/3

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{4}=1.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+5}{8}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Add 16 and 5 to get 21.

$$\frac{21}{8}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{21}{8} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{21\times 2}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{21\times 2}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{42}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{7}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{3}{4} = 1.75$$