Solve -21/33*(-22/33)

$$- \frac { 21 } { 33 } \cdot ( - \frac { 22 } { 33 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{14}{33}\approx 0.424242424$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{21}{33} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{7}{11}\left(-\frac{22}{33}\right)$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{22}{33} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 11.

$$-\frac{7}{11}\left(-\frac{2}{3}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{11} times -\frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\left(-2\right)}{11\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\left(-2\right)}{11\times 3}.

$$\frac{14}{33}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 7}{3 \cdot 11} = 0.42424242424242425$$