Solve (7/16)(-5/15)=

$$( 7 / 16 ) ( - 5 / 15 ) =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{7}{48}\approx -0.145833333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{7}{16}\left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{7}{16} times -\frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\left(-1\right)}{16\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\left(-1\right)}{16\times 3}.

$$\frac{-7}{48}$$

Fraction \frac{-7}{48} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{48} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{7}{48}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{7}{48} = -0.14583333333333334$$