Solve 1/3(-5/2)(-3/10)

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } ( - \frac { 5 } { 2 } ) ( - \frac { 3 } { 10 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times -\frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\left(-5\right)}{3\times 2}\left(-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-5\right)}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{-5}{6}\left(-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Fraction \frac{-5}{6} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{6} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{5}{6}\left(-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{6} times -\frac{3}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\left(-3\right)}{6\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\left(-3\right)}{6\times 10}.

$$\frac{15}{60}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{60} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$