Question

How do you simplify `7/8*3 1/5`?

Answer 1

We first make an improper fraction of `3 1/5`

Explanation:

`3 1/5=3xx5/5+1/5=(15+1)/5=16/5`

We now have `7/8xx16/5=(7xx16)/(8xx5)`

We can only cancel out a `8`:
`(7xx2xxcancel8)/(cancel8xx5)=(7xx2)/(5)=14/5`
This can be written as `2 4/5`