Solve 7.500*2/3*12

$$7.500 \times 2 / 3 \times 12$$

Evaluate

$$60$$

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.

$$\frac{15}{2}\times \frac{2}{3}\times 12$$

Multiply \frac{15}{2} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{15\times 2}{2\times 3}\times 12$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{15}{3}\times 12$$

Divide 15 by 3 to get 5.

$$5\times 12$$

Multiply 5 and 12 to get 60.

$$60$$

Factor

$$3\times 5\times 2^{2}$$