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-1 3/7 x (-3 2/3) please help solve this

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-1 3/7 x (-3 2/3) = 5 5/21

it = positive 5 5/21 and not negative 5 5/21 because when you multiply a positive number with a negative number you get a negative answer but when you multiply two negative numbers in this problem two negative fractions you get a positive answer.

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