Solve 43/8*15/7

$$4 \frac { 3 } { 8 } \times 1 \frac { 5 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{15}{2}=7.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 8 to get 32.

$$\frac{32+3}{8}\times \frac{1\times 7+5}{7}$$

Add 32 and 3 to get 35.

$$\frac{35}{8}\times \frac{1\times 7+5}{7}$$

Multiply 1 and 7 to get 7.

$$\frac{35}{8}\times \frac{7+5}{7}$$

Add 7 and 5 to get 12.

$$\frac{35}{8}\times \frac{12}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{35}{8} times \frac{12}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{35\times 12}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{35\times 12}{8\times 7}.

$$\frac{420}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{420}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 28.

$$\frac{15}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5}{2} = 7\frac{1}{2} = 7.5$$