Solve 6/11*088-4/7div8/21

$$\frac { 6 } { 11 } \times 088 - \frac { 4 } { 7 } \div \frac { 8 } { 21 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{2}=-1.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{6}{11} and 0 to get 0.

$$0\times 88-\frac{\frac{4}{7}}{\frac{8}{21}}$$

Multiply 0 and 88 to get 0.

$$0-\frac{\frac{4}{7}}{\frac{8}{21}}$$

Divide \frac{4}{7} by \frac{8}{21} by multiplying \frac{4}{7} by the reciprocal of \frac{8}{21}.

$$0-\frac{4}{7}\times \frac{21}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{7} times \frac{21}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$0-\frac{4\times 21}{7\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 21}{7\times 8}.

$$0-\frac{84}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{84}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 28.

$$0-\frac{3}{2}$$

Subtract \frac{3}{2} from 0 to get -\frac{3}{2}.

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

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{2} = -1\frac{1}{2} = -1.5$$