Solve 5/8-9/14*7/12

$$\frac { 5 } { 8 } - \frac { 9 } { 14 } \cdot \frac { 7 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{9}{14} times \frac{7}{12} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5}{8}-\frac{9\times 7}{14\times 12}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 7}{14\times 12}.

$$\frac{5}{8}-\frac{63}{168}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{63}{168} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 21.

$$\frac{5}{8}-\frac{3}{8}$$

Since \frac{5}{8} and \frac{3}{8} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{5-3}{8}$$

Subtract 3 from 5 to get 2.

$$\frac{2}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$