Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - 2.1 - Rational Numbers: Multiplication and Division - Problem Set 2.1 - Page 48: 42

Answer

$\dfrac{24}{77}$

Work Step by Step

First, cancel out the common factors to obtain: $\require{cancel} \\=\dfrac{4\cancel{a}}{11\cancel{b}} \cdot \dfrac{6\cancel{b}}{7\cancel{a}} \\=\dfrac{4}{11} \cdot \dfrac{6}{7}$ Multiply the numerators by each other and the denominators by each other to obtain: $=\dfrac{24}{77}$
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