Solve (6/3)(3/7)(2/4)=

$$( \frac { 6 } { 3 } ) ( \frac { 3 } { 7 } ) ( \frac { 2 } { 4 } ) =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{7}\approx 0.428571429$$

Solution Steps

Divide 6 by 3 to get 2.

$$2\times \frac{3}{7}\times \frac{2}{4}$$

Express 2\times \frac{3}{7} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{2\times 3}{7}\times \frac{2}{4}$$

Multiply 2 and 3 to get 6.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{2}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{7} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 1}{7\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 1}{7\times 2}.

$$\frac{6}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{7} = 0.42857142857142855$$