Solve (-2/3)(57/21)

$$( - \frac { 2 } { 3 } ) ( \frac { 57 } { 21 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{38}{21}\approx -1.80952381$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{57}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{19}{7}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times \frac{19}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 19}{3\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 19}{3\times 7}.

$$\frac{-38}{21}$$

Fraction \frac{-38}{21} can be rewritten as -\frac{38}{21} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{38}{21}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{38}{21} = -1\frac{17}{21} = -1.8095238095238095$$