Solve (-6/7)*(12/3)

$$( \frac { - 6 } { 7 } ) \cdot ( 1 \frac { 2 } { 3 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{10}{7}\approx -1.428571429$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-6}{7} can be rewritten as -\frac{6}{7} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{3+2}{3}$$

Add 3 and 2 to get 5.

$$-\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Multiply -\frac{6}{7} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-6\times 5}{7\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-6\times 5}{7\times 3}.

$$\frac{-30}{21}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-30}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{10}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{10}{7} = -1\frac{3}{7} = -1.4285714285714286$$