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Evaluate the expression using the distributive property
(2 1/4) x (-8)

User Ian Durkan
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So you first have to change the first part into an improper fractions

So (9/4)*-8 Then you expand and you get (9*-8)/4

Then you get -72/4

The answer is -18

User SylvainD
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