Solve 51/2*14/5

$$5 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \cdot 1 \frac { 4 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{99}{10}=9.9$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 2 to get 10.

$$\frac{10+1}{2}\times \frac{1\times 5+4}{5}$$

Add 10 and 1 to get 11.

$$\frac{11}{2}\times \frac{1\times 5+4}{5}$$

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{11}{2}\times \frac{5+4}{5}$$

Add 5 and 4 to get 9.

$$\frac{11}{2}\times \frac{9}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{11}{2} times \frac{9}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{11\times 9}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\times 9}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{99}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2} \cdot 11}{2 \cdot 5} = 9\frac{9}{10} = 9.9$$