Solve 6/8*8/7=

$$\frac { 6 } { 8 } \cdot \frac { 8 } { 7 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{7}\approx 0.857142857$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{8}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 8}{4\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 8}{4\times 7}.

$$\frac{24}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{6}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{7} = 0.8571428571428571$$