How do you multiply #1\frac { 1} { 2} \cdot 4\frac { 1} { 3}#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-26T18:34:11

#13/2#

Note that
#1 1/2=3/2#
#4 1/3=13/3#
so #3/2*13/3=13/2#

Answer 2 · 2018-05-26T18:36:39

#6 1/2#

Given: #1 1/2 * 4 1/3#

Turn each mixed number into an improper fraction:

#1 1/2 = (2 *1 + 1)/2 = 3/2#

#4 1/3 = (3*4 + 1)/3 = 13/3#

Multiply by cross canceling first. This usually makes it so that you don't have to reduce at the end:

#cancel(3)/2 * 13/cancel(3) = 13/2 = 6 1/2#