How do you multiply #\frac { 4} { 3} \times \frac { 7} { 2}#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-12T13:51:07

#14/3 = 4 2/3#

When you are multiplying fractions, it makes the simplifying easier if you cancel as far as possible before you multiply.

This makes the numbers smaller and it also means that you do not need to simplify the final answer.

Remember that #3/3 = 1," " 5/5 = 1" "# and so on.

#4/3 xx7/2" "larr# divide 4 and 2 by 2

#=cancel4^2/3 xx7/cancel2_1#

This gives us #2/3 xx 7/1" "# which simplifies to

#14/3" "# which is the final simplified answer.

It could also be written as #4 2/3#