Solve 18/96*32/96*2=

$$\frac { 18 } { 96 } \times \frac { 32 } { 96 } \times 2 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{8}=0.125$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{96} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{3}{16}\times \frac{32}{96}\times 2$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{32}{96} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 32.

$$\frac{3}{16}\times \frac{1}{3}\times 2$$

Multiply \frac{3}{16} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{16\times 3}\times 2$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{16}\times 2$$

Multiply \frac{1}{16} and 2 to get \frac{2}{16}.

$$\frac{2}{16}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{16} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.125$$