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How can I solve 8.5 x (-4)?

User Zeno Dalla Valle
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we have that

8.5 x (-4)=(8+0.5)x(-4)

applying the distributive property

(8+0.5)x(-4)=(8)x(-4)+(0.5)x(-4)=-32-2=-34

User Rajaram Shelar
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