Solve -17/42*-7/-68=

$$\frac { - 17 } { 42 } \cdot \frac { - 7 } { - 68 } =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{24}\approx -0.041666667$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-17}{42} can be rewritten as -\frac{17}{42} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{17}{42}\times \frac{-7}{-68}$$

Fraction \frac{-7}{-68} can be simplified to \frac{7}{68} by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.

$$-\frac{17}{42}\times \frac{7}{68}$$

Multiply -\frac{17}{42} times \frac{7}{68} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-17\times 7}{42\times 68}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-17\times 7}{42\times 68}.

$$\frac{-119}{2856}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-119}{2856} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 119.

$$-\frac{1}{24}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{24} = -0.041666666666666664$$