Solve 31/2*8/9

$$3 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times \frac { 8 } { 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{28}{9}\approx 3.111111111$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+1}{2}\times \frac{8}{9}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{8}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{2} times \frac{8}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 8}{2\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 8}{2\times 9}.

$$\frac{56}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{28}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 7}{3 ^ {2}} = 3\frac{1}{9} = 3.111111111111111$$