Question

Fraction multiplication 5/8 times 2/9 equals 10/72 how to simplify

Answer 1

So,

We're going to multiply:

`(5)/(8)\cdot(2)/(9)`

Multiplying numerators and denominators together, we obtain:

`(10)/(72)`

Now, to simplify, what we're going to do is to reduce the fraction dividing by a common number. Let's begin dividing by 2:

`(10)/(72)=(5)/(36)`

As you can see, we can't divide by a common number more times, so, the simplified fraction is 5/36.