Solve 1/9*7/8*9

$$\frac { 1 } { 9 } \times \frac { 7 } { 8 } \times 9$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{8}=0.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{9} times \frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{9\times 8}\times 9$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{9\times 8}.

$$\frac{7}{72}\times 9$$

Express \frac{7}{72}\times 9 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{7\times 9}{72}$$

Multiply 7 and 9 to get 63.

$$\frac{63}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{63}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 9.

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.875$$