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-4 3/4 = x-1 1/5
Whats the value of x

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Answer:3/4 * 1/5 = 3/20 = 0.15

Step-by-step explanation:Multiple: 3/

4 * 1/5 = 3 · 1/4 · 5 = 3/20

Multiply both numerators and denominators. The result fraction keep to the lowest possible denominator GCD(3, 20) = 1. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.

In other words - three quarters multiplied by one-fifth is three twentieths.

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