Solve (-1/123)*(-10/7)

$$( - \frac { 1 } { 12 } 3 ) \times ( - \frac { 10 } { 7 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{14}\approx 0.357142857$$

Solution Steps

Express -\frac{1}{12}\times 3 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{-3}{12}\left(-\frac{10}{7}\right)$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{1}{4}\left(-\frac{10}{7}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{4} times -\frac{10}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-\left(-10\right)}{4\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-\left(-10\right)}{4\times 7}.

$$\frac{10}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{14}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 \cdot 7} = 0.35714285714285715$$