Solve 12/17*3/8*34/45=

$$\frac{ 12 }{ 17 } \times \frac{ 3 }{ 8 } \times \frac{ 34 }{ 45 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{5}=0.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{12}{17} times \frac{3}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{12\times 3}{17\times 8}\times \frac{34}{45}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{12\times 3}{17\times 8}.

$$\frac{36}{136}\times \frac{34}{45}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{136} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{9}{34}\times \frac{34}{45}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{34} times \frac{34}{45} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 34}{34\times 45}$$

Cancel out 34 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{9}{45}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{45} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 9.

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$$