Question

What is (- 4/5) x (- 5/8)

Answer 1

- 1/2

Explanation:

(-4/5) × (- 5/8)

- 4/5 × - 5/8

First we mulitply across

The top and the bottom.

- 20 / 40

because -4 × -5 = +20

and -5 × -8 = +40

Now we simplify the fraction

- 20 / 40

= - 2 /4

= - 1/2

Because we have to simplify it and so I divided it by 10 first.

-20 ÷ 10 = -2 and -40 ÷ 10 = -4

Then I simplified it again by dividing it by 2.

-2 ÷ 2 = -1 and -4 ÷ 2 = -2

So finally we have:

-1/2

And we cannot simplify that anymore so that is the answer.

Hope that helped!

Answer 2

1/2

Explanation:

since negative * negative= positive we multiply the top and bottom to get. 20/40 which simplifies