Solve 7/8(-4/5)(-8/7)

$$\frac { 7 } { 8 } ( - \frac { 4 } { 5 } ) ( - \frac { 8 } { 7 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{5}=0.8$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{7}{8} times -\frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\left(-4\right)}{8\times 5}\left(-\frac{8}{7}\right)$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\left(-4\right)}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{-28}{40}\left(-\frac{8}{7}\right)$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-28}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$-\frac{7}{10}\left(-\frac{8}{7}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{10} times -\frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\left(-8\right)}{10\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\left(-8\right)}{10\times 7}.

$$\frac{56}{70}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{70} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{5} = 0.8$$