Solve 31/2*13/14

$$3 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 1 \frac { 3 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{17}{4}=4.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+1}{2}\times \frac{1\times 14+3}{14}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{1\times 14+3}{14}$$

Multiply 1 and 14 to get 14.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{14+3}{14}$$

Add 14 and 3 to get 17.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{17}{14}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{2} times \frac{17}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 17}{2\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 17}{2\times 14}.

$$\frac{119}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{119}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{17}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17}{2 ^ {2}} = 4\frac{1}{4} = 4.25$$