Solve 3/7*(-1/9)*2

$$\frac { 3 } { 7 } \cdot ( - \frac { 1 } { 9 } ) \cdot 2$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2}{21}\approx -0.095238095$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{3}{7} times -\frac{1}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\left(-1\right)}{7\times 9}\times 2$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\left(-1\right)}{7\times 9}.

$$\frac{-3}{63}\times 2$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-3}{63} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{1}{21}\times 2$$

Express -\frac{1}{21}\times 2 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{-2}{21}$$

Fraction \frac{-2}{21} can be rewritten as -\frac{2}{21} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{2}{21}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2}{21} = -0.09523809523809523$$