Solve 43/8*4/5

$$4 \frac { 3 } { 8 } \cdot \frac { 4 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{2}=3.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 8 to get 32.

$$\frac{32+3}{8}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Add 32 and 3 to get 35.

$$\frac{35}{8}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{35}{8} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{35\times 4}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{35\times 4}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{140}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{140}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{7}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2} = 3\frac{1}{2} = 3.5$$