Solve =9/42*8/6

$$= \frac { 9 } { 42 } \times \frac { 8 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{7}\approx 0.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{14}\times \frac{8}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{14}\times \frac{4}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{14} times \frac{4}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 4}{14\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{4}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{7} = 0.2857142857142857$$