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Someone please help me with this-example-1
User Zoran Majstorovic
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Answer:

a) 8/11 x 5/3

b) It will be positive. When we have an even number of negatives, the result will be positive ( (-) + (-) = +).

Explanation:

a) -8/11 / -3/5

1) -8/11 ÷ (-3/5)

Write the complex fraction as a division expression. Use parentheses because our second fraction is a negative.

2) 8/11 ÷ 3/5

When we have an even number of negatives, the result will be positive ( (-) + (-) = +).

3) 8/11 x 5/3

Dividing is the same as multiplying the second part of the fraction flipped.

4) 40/33

Multiply them: 8 x 5 / 11 x 3

Since the question wants you to write as a multiplication expression, this is the answer:

8/11 x 5/3.

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