Solve 7/13*26/21*1/2

$$\frac { 7 } { 13 } \times \frac { 26 } { 21 } \times \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{3}\approx 0.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{7}{13} times \frac{26}{21} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 26}{13\times 21}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 26}{13\times 21}.

$$\frac{182}{273}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{182}{273} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 91.

$$\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 1}{3\times 2}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{3} = 0.3333333333333333$$