Question

What is (-2) (3 4/7)

Answer 1

The correct answer is
`-7(1)/(7)`.

In order to find this, we need to multiply the -2 by both parts of the second term and then simplify.

-2* 3 = -6

-2 *
`(4)/(7) = (-8)/(7) or -1(1)/(7)`

Now we need to combine the two

-6 +
`-1(1)/(7) = -7(1)/(7)`