Solve 7/6*(6/8)=

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

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Factor

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