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What is 7 times 3 fiths

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Answer:

4-1.5 or 21/5 or 4.2

Explanation:

Multiple: 7 * 3/5 = 7 · 3/1 · 5 = 21/5

Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(21, 5) = 1. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.

In other words - seven multiplied by three fifths = twenty-one fifths.

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