Tracy is cleaning up after tilling a bathroom. there's are 2 open boxes of tile. each box has 5/8 of the tiles remaining.how many boxes of tiles lComplete the calculations to show how you found your answer . express your final answer in the simplest form.

Tracy is cleaning up after tilling a bathroom theres are 2 open boxes of tile each box has 58 of the tiles remaininghow many boxes of tiles lComplete the calcul class=

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When we multiply a fraction by a number, it is the same as multiplying the numerator by this number, therefore, our calculation can be rewritten as

[tex]2\times\frac{5}{8}=\frac{2\times5}{8}=\frac{10}{8}=\frac{5}{4}=1\frac{1}{4}[/tex]