Solve 3.75*1/2*8

$$3.75 \times \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 8$$

Evaluate

$$15$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 3.75 to fraction \frac{375}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{375}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{15}{4}\times \frac{1}{2}\times 8$$

Multiply \frac{15}{4} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 1}{4\times 2}\times 8$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 1}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{15}{8}\times 8$$

Cancel out 8 and 8.

$$15$$

Factor

$$3\times 5$$