Algebra Examples

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

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{4}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{2}{7} \cdot \frac{- 1}{4}$

Step 1.2

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

$\frac{2}{7} \cdot \frac{- 1}{2 (2)}$

Step 1.3

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2}{7} \cdot \frac{- 1}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.4

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{7} \cdot \frac{- 1}{2}$

Step 2

Multiply $\frac{1}{7}$ by $\frac{- 1}{2}$ .

$\frac{- 1}{7 \cdot 2}$

Step 3

Simplify the expression.

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Step 3.1

Multiply $7$ by $2$ .

$\frac{- 1}{14}$

Step 3.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{14}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{14}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.0\overline{714285}$