Solve 43/4*31/2

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{133}{8}=16.625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 4 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+3}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Add 16 and 3 to get 19.

$$\frac{19}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{19}{4}\times \frac{6+1}{2}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{19}{4}\times \frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{19}{4} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{19\times 7}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{19\times 7}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{133}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 19}{2 ^ {3}} = 16\frac{5}{8} = 16.625$$