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By what number should 5/3 be multiplied to get the product as -5/11​

User Meighan
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Hey there,

The word problem is that a number multiplied by
(5)/(3) would give you
-(5)/(11) .

Now to solve we would do division, and divide
-(5)/(11) by
(5)/(3) :

  • KCF:
    -(5)/(11) ×
    (3)/(5) =
    -(15)/(55) =
    -(3)/(11)

So the answer would be
-(3)/(11).

Hope I helped,

Amna

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