Solve (-7/12)*(7/4)

$$( \frac { - 7 } { 12 } ) \cdot ( \frac { 7 } { 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{49}{48}\approx -1.020833333$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-7}{12} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{12} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{7}{12}\times \frac{7}{4}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{12} times \frac{7}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\times 7}{12\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\times 7}{12\times 4}.

$$\frac{-49}{48}$$

Fraction \frac{-49}{48} can be rewritten as -\frac{49}{48} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{49}{48}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{49}{48} = -1\frac{1}{48} = -1.0208333333333333$$