Solve 35/7*25/8

$$3 \frac { 5 } { 7 } \times 2 \frac { 5 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{39}{4}=9.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 7 to get 21.

$$\frac{21+5}{7}\times \frac{2\times 8+5}{8}$$

Add 21 and 5 to get 26.

$$\frac{26}{7}\times \frac{2\times 8+5}{8}$$

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{26}{7}\times \frac{16+5}{8}$$

Add 16 and 5 to get 21.

$$\frac{26}{7}\times \frac{21}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{26}{7} times \frac{21}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{26\times 21}{7\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{26\times 21}{7\times 8}.

$$\frac{546}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{546}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$\frac{39}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {2}} = 9\frac{3}{4} = 9.75$$