Solve 12/14*6/9

$$\frac{ 12 }{ 14 } \times \frac{ 6 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{7}\approx 0.571428571$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{6}{9}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{9} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{7} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 2}{7\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 2}{7\times 3}.

$$\frac{12}{21}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{7} = 0.5714285714285714$$