Question

What is `15 * 4 1/3`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, convert each number to a fraction:

`15 = 15/1`

`4 1/3 = 4 + 1/3 = (3/3 xx 4) + 1/3 = 12/3 + 1/3 = (12 + 1)/3 = 13/3`

We can next rewrite the expression as:

`15/1 * 13/3`

Then, we can reduce terms in the numerator and denominator:

`(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(15)))5)/1 * 13/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3)))1) => 5/1 * 13/1 => 5 * 13 => 65`