Solve 8/6*(-9/2)=

$$\frac { 8 } { 6 } \times ( - \frac { 9 } { 2 } ) =$$

Evaluate

$$-6$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{4}{3}\left(-\frac{9}{2}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{4}{3} times -\frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\left(-9\right)}{3\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\left(-9\right)}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{-36}{6}$$

Divide -36 by 6 to get -6.

$$-6$$

Factor

$$-6$$