Answer:
4/63
Explanation:
Multiple: 2/
5
* 2/
7
= 2 · 2/
5 · 7
= 4/
35
Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(4, 35) = 1. In the following intermediate step, the fraction result cannot be further simplified by canceling.
In other words - two fifths multiplied by two sevenths = four thirty-fifths.
Multiple: the result of step No. 1 * 5/
9
= 4/
35
* 5/
9
= 4 · 5/
35 · 9
= 20/
315
= 4 · 5/
63 · 5
= 4/
63
Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(20, 315) = 5. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 5 gives 4/
63
.
In other words - four thirty-fifths multiplied by five ninths = four sixty-thirds.