Solve 2*(16/18)*1/2

$$2 \times ( \frac { 16 } { 18 } ) \times \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8}{9}\approx 0.888888889$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$2\times \frac{8}{9}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Express 2\times \frac{8}{9} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{2\times 8}{9}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{16}{9}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{16}{9} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{16\times 1}{9\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{16\times 1}{9\times 2}.

$$\frac{16}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3}}{3 ^ {2}} = 0.8888888888888888$$