Solve -7/4*9/2

$$\frac { - 7 } { 4 } \times \frac { 9 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{63}{8}=-7.875$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-7}{4} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{4} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{7}{4}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{4} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\times 9}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\times 9}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{-63}{8}$$

Fraction \frac{-63}{8} can be rewritten as -\frac{63}{8} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{63}{8}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{63}{8} = -7\frac{7}{8} = -7.875$$