Solve 3/17(39/5*-7/8)=

$$\frac { 3 } { 17 } ( \frac { 39 } { 5 } \times \frac { - 7 } { 8 } ) =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{819}{680}\approx -1.204411765$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{3}{17} times \frac{39}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 39}{17\times 5}\times \frac{-7}{8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 39}{17\times 5}.

$$\frac{117}{85}\times \frac{-7}{8}$$

Fraction \frac{-7}{8} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{8} by extracting the negative sign.

$$\frac{117}{85}\left(-\frac{7}{8}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{117}{85} times -\frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{117\left(-7\right)}{85\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{117\left(-7\right)}{85\times 8}.

$$\frac{-819}{680}$$

Fraction \frac{-819}{680} can be rewritten as -\frac{819}{680} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{819}{680}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{819}{680} = -1\frac{139}{680} = -1.2044117647058823$$