Solve 9/12*4/9

$$\frac{ 9 }{ 12 } \times \frac{ 4 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{3}\approx 0.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{4}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{4}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 4}{4\times 9}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{3}{9}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{3} = 0.3333333333333333$$