Solve 7.5*1/2

$$7.5 \times \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$3.75$$

Solution Steps

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.

$$\frac{15}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{2} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 1}{2\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 1}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{15}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5}{2 ^ {2}} = 3\frac{3}{4} = 3.75$$