Solve -12/5*6/5

$$\frac { - 12 } { 5 } \times \frac { 6 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{72}{25}=-2.88$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-12}{5} can be rewritten as -\frac{12}{5} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{12}{5}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply -\frac{12}{5} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-12\times 6}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-12\times 6}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{-72}{25}$$

Fraction \frac{-72}{25} can be rewritten as -\frac{72}{25} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{72}{25}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{72}{25} = -2\frac{22}{25} = -2.88$$