Question

Multiply -2 1/2 × -1 2/3 =

Answer 1

hello

we are asked to multiply two mixed fractions.

to do this, we need to convert the mixed fractions to improper fraction

$\begin{gathered} -2\frac{1}{2}=-\frac{5}{2} \\ \\ -1\frac{2}{3}=-\frac{5}{3} \end{gathered}$

now we can proceed to multiply the two numbers.

simply multiply numerator to numerator and denominator to denominator

$-\frac{5}{2}\times-\frac{5}{3}=\frac{25}{6}$

the answer to the question is 25/6