Solve (-15/72)*(-6/5)

$$( \frac { - 15 } { 72 } ) \cdot ( - \frac { 6 } { 5 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{-15}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{5}{24}\left(-\frac{6}{5}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{24} times -\frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\left(-6\right)}{24\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\left(-6\right)}{24\times 5}.

$$\frac{30}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 30.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$