Solve -2/3(-8/7)(1/4)

$$- \frac { 2 } { 3 } ( - \frac { 8 } { 7 } ) ( \frac { 1 } { 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{21}\approx 0.19047619$$

Solution Steps

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times -\frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\left(-8\right)}{3\times 7}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\left(-8\right)}{3\times 7}.

$$\frac{16}{21}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{16}{21} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{16\times 1}{21\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{16\times 1}{21\times 4}.

$$\frac{16}{84}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{84} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{4}{21}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{3 \cdot 7} = 0.19047619047619047$$