Lara spends 1 3/4 hours working out. She spends 2/5 of the time doing stretching exercises. How much time does she spend doing stretching exercises? Write the answer in simplest form.(1 point)

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To find the time Lara spends doing stretching exercises, we multiply the total time (1 3/4 hours) by the fraction representing the time spent on stretching exercises (2/5).

1 3/4 * 2/5 = (7/4) * (2/5) = 14/20

To simplify this fraction, we can divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.

(14/2) / (20/2) = 7/10

Therefore, Lara spends 7/10 of an hour doing stretching exercises. Simplified, this is 0.7 hours.