Solve 31/3*7/8

$$3 \frac { 1 } { 3 } \cdot \frac { 7 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{35}{12}\approx 2.916666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 3 to get 9.

$$\frac{9+1}{3}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Add 9 and 1 to get 10.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{10}{3} times \frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{10\times 7}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{10\times 7}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{70}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{70}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{35}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 2\frac{11}{12} = 2.9166666666666665$$