Solve (-2/3)(15/14)

$$( \frac { - 2 } { 3 } ) ( \frac { 15 } { 14 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{7}\approx -0.714285714$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-2}{3} can be rewritten as -\frac{2}{3} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{15}{14}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times \frac{15}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 15}{3\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 15}{3\times 14}.

$$\frac{-30}{42}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-30}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$-\frac{5}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{7} = -0.7142857142857143$$