Solve 2.6*2/3

$$2.6 \times \frac{ 2 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{26}{15}\approx 1.733333333$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 2.6 to fraction \frac{26}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{26}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{13}{5}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{5} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 2}{5\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 2}{5\times 3}.

$$\frac{26}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 13}{3 \cdot 5} = 1\frac{11}{15} = 1.7333333333333334$$