Solve 53/5*12/7

$$5 \frac { 3 } { 5 } \times 1 \frac { 2 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{36}{5}=7.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 5 to get 25.

$$\frac{25+3}{5}\times \frac{1\times 7+2}{7}$$

Add 25 and 3 to get 28.

$$\frac{28}{5}\times \frac{1\times 7+2}{7}$$

Multiply 1 and 7 to get 7.

$$\frac{28}{5}\times \frac{7+2}{7}$$

Add 7 and 2 to get 9.

$$\frac{28}{5}\times \frac{9}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{28}{5} times \frac{9}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{28\times 9}{5\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{28\times 9}{5\times 7}.

$$\frac{252}{35}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{252}{35} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{36}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{5} = 7\frac{1}{5} = 7.2$$