Solve 8/7*(-14/32)

$$\frac { 8 } { 7 } \cdot ( - \frac { 14 } { 32 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{2}=-0.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{14}{32} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{7}\left(-\frac{7}{16}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{8}{7} times -\frac{7}{16} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\left(-7\right)}{7\times 16}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\left(-7\right)}{7\times 16}.

$$\frac{-56}{112}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-56}{112} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 56.

$$-\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{2} = -0.5$$