Solve 24/102*51/72=

$$\frac { 24 } { 102 } \times \frac { 51 } { 72 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{6}\approx 0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{102} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{4}{17}\times \frac{51}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{51}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{17}\times \frac{17}{24}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{17} times \frac{17}{24} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 17}{17\times 24}$$

Cancel out 17 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{4}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.16666666666666666$$