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What dose this equal (8.5)x(-3)=a

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Answer:

-25.5

8x3=24

but we still have the .5 so we multiply that by 3 which equals to 1.5 add that to 24 which makes 25.5 and because only one of the numbers was negative it turns 25.5 into -25.5.

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