Solve (-4/3)(3/6)

$$( - \frac { 4 } { 3 } ) ( \frac { 3 } { 6 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2}{3}\approx -0.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{4}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{4}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-4}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{-4}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-4}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{2}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2}{3} = -0.6666666666666666$$