Solve 71/5*3/4

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{27}{5}=5.4$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 7 and 5 to get 35.

$$\frac{35+1}{5}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Add 35 and 1 to get 36.

$$\frac{36}{5}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{36}{5} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{36\times 3}{5\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{36\times 3}{5\times 4}.

$$\frac{108}{20}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{108}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{27}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {3}}{5} = 5\frac{2}{5} = 5.4$$