Solve 6/8*14/12

$$\frac { 6 } { 8 } \times \frac { 14 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{8}=0.875$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{14}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{14}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{7}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{7}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 7}{4\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 7}{4\times 6}.

$$\frac{21}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{21}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.875$$