Solve 6/7*28/36

$$\frac { 6 } { 7 } \cdot \frac { 28 } { 36 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{3}\approx 0.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{7}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{7} times \frac{7}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 7}{7\times 9}$$

Cancel out 7 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{6}{9}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{9} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

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

Factor

$$\frac{2}{3} = 0.6666666666666666$$