Solve 7.5*70%

$$7.5 \times 70 \%$$

Evaluate

$$5.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{70}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$7.5\times \frac{7}{10}$$

Convert decimal number 7.5 to fraction \frac{75}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{75}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{15}{2}\times \frac{7}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{2} times \frac{7}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 7}{2\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 7}{2\times 10}.

$$\frac{105}{20}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{105}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{21}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {2}} = 5\frac{1}{4} = 5.25$$