Solve -3/14*7/9=

$$\frac { - 3 } { 14 } \cdot \frac { 7 } { 9 } =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{6}\approx -0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-3}{14} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{14} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{14}\times \frac{7}{9}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{14} times \frac{7}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-3\times 7}{14\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-3\times 7}{14\times 9}.

$$\frac{-21}{126}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-21}{126} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 21.

$$-\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{6} = -0.16666666666666666$$