Solve 2(3/4)(1.96

$$2 ( \frac { 3 } { 4 } ) ( 1.96$$

Evaluate

$$2.94$$

Solution Steps

Express 2\times \frac{3}{4} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{2\times 3}{4}\times 1.96$$

Multiply 2 and 3 to get 6.

$$\frac{6}{4}\times 1.96$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times 1.96$$

Convert decimal number 1.96 to fraction \frac{196}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{196}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{49}{25}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{49}{25} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 49}{2\times 25}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 49}{2\times 25}.

$$\frac{147}{50}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7 ^ {2}}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{47}{50} = 2.94$$