Question

Valuate -2/2 * 1/5 and express the result as an integer or a simplified tion.

a) -1/5
b) -1/10
c) 1/5
d) 1/10

Answer 1

The student is asked to evaluate -2/2 times 1/5, which simplifies to -1/5 after multiplying -1 by 1/5. The correct answer is option (a) -1/5.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to evaluate -2/2 * 1/5 and express the result as an integer or a simplified fraction.

The process of evaluation is as follows:

• First, we note that -2/2 is equivalent to -1 because -2 divided by 2 is -1.
• Next, we multiply -1 by 1/5. Multiplication of a number by a fraction involves multiplying the numerators (the top numbers) and keeping the denominator (the bottom number).
• So, -1 times 1 is -1, and there's only one denominator which is 5, and the result is -1/5.

Therefore, the simplified answer to the given problem is -1/5, which corresponds to option (a).