Solve x-2/9*6/5=

$$x - \frac { 2 } { 9 } \cdot \frac { 6 } { 5 } =$$

Evaluate

$$x = -\frac{4}{15} = -0.26666666666666666$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{2}{9} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x-\frac{2\times 6}{9\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 6}{9\times 5}.

$$x-\frac{12}{45}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{45} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$x-\frac{4}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{15x-4}{15}$$

Solution Steps

Factor out \frac{1}{15}.

$$\frac{15x-4}{15}$$