Agenerator runs for 2 1/2 hours and uses 4 3/8 gal of fuel per hour .how many gallons of fuel did the generator use in total? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

10 * 563.67 = 5636.7

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b