Solve 6/5*(-14/5)

$$\frac{ 6 }{ 5 } \times (-1 \frac{ 4 }{ 5 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{54}{25}=-2.16$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{6}{5}\left(-\frac{5+4}{5}\right)$$

Add 5 and 4 to get 9.

$$\frac{6}{5}\left(-\frac{9}{5}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{6}{5} times -\frac{9}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\left(-9\right)}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\left(-9\right)}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{-54}{25}$$

Fraction \frac{-54}{25} can be rewritten as -\frac{54}{25} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{54}{25}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{54}{25} = -2\frac{4}{25} = -2.16$$