Solve 12/28*14/21

$$\frac { 12 } { 28 } \cdot \frac { 14 } { 21 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{7}\approx 0.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{7}\times \frac{14}{21}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{14}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$\frac{3}{7}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{7} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 2}{7\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{7} = 0.2857142857142857$$