Question

What is the product of 1.2 and 0.5 expressed as a fraction?

Answer 1

`(3)/(5)`

Explanation:

1.2 can be written as
`(120)/(100)`

0.5 can be written as
`(50)/(100)`

Multiply these two fractions,

`(120)/(100) *(50)/(100)`

=
`(6000)/(10000)`

Simplify,

=
`(6)/(10)`

=
`(3)/(5)`

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Answer 2

`(3)/(5)`

Explanation:

1. 2 = 1
`(2)/(10)` =
`(12)/(10)` =
`(6)/(5)` and

0.5 =
`(5)/(10)` =
`(1)/(2)`, thus

`(6)/(5)` ×
`(1)/(2)` =
`(6)/(10)` =
`(3)/(5)`