Solve 7.9*2/9

$$7.9 \times \frac{ 2 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{79}{45}\approx 1.755555556$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 7.9 to fraction \frac{79}{10}.

$$\frac{79}{10}\times \frac{2}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{79}{10} times \frac{2}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{79\times 2}{10\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{79\times 2}{10\times 9}.

$$\frac{158}{90}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{158}{90} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{79}{45}$$

Factor

$$\frac{79}{5 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{34}{45} = 1.7555555555555555$$