Solve 12/5*6/9=

$$\frac { 12 } { 5 } \times \frac { 6 } { 9 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8}{5}=1.6$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{9} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{12}{5}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{12}{5} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{12\times 2}{5\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{12\times 2}{5\times 3}.

$$\frac{24}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{8}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3}}{5} = 1\frac{3}{5} = 1.6$$