Solve 1/21/72/5

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 2 } \frac{ 1 }{ 7 } \frac{ 2 }{ 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{35}\approx 0.028571429$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{1}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{2\times 7}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{2\times 7}.

$$\frac{1}{14}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{14} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{14\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{14\times 5}.

$$\frac{2}{70}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{70} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{35}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{5 \cdot 7} = 0.02857142857142857$$