Solve 2.25*(11/2)

$$2.25 \times (1 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } )$$

Evaluate

$$3.375$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 2 to get 2.

$$2.25\times \frac{2+1}{2}$$

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

$$2.25\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Convert decimal number 2.25 to fraction \frac{225}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{225}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{9}{4}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{4} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 3}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 3}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{27}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {3}}{2 ^ {3}} = 3\frac{3}{8} = 3.375$$