Solve -7/9*5/-3

$$\frac { - 7 } { 9 } \times \frac { 5 } { - 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{35}{27}\approx 1.296296296$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-7}{9} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{9} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{7}{9}\times \frac{5}{-3}$$

Fraction \frac{5}{-3} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{3} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{7}{9}\left(-\frac{5}{3}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{9} times -\frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\left(-5\right)}{9\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\left(-5\right)}{9\times 3}.

$$\frac{35}{27}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 7}{3 ^ {3}} = 1\frac{8}{27} = 1.2962962962962963$$