Solve 42/3*17/8

$$4 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 1 \frac { 7 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{35}{4}=8.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 3 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+2}{3}\times \frac{1\times 8+7}{8}$$

Add 12 and 2 to get 14.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{1\times 8+7}{8}$$

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{8+7}{8}$$

Add 8 and 7 to get 15.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{15}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{14}{3} times \frac{15}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{14\times 15}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{14\times 15}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{210}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{210}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{35}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {2}} = 8\frac{3}{4} = 8.75$$