Question

What is the product of − 3/11 and − 2/15? please explain.

Answer 1

ANSWER

The product is

$\frac{2}{55}$

EXPLANATION

To find the product of

$- \frac{3}{11}$

and

$\frac{ - 2}{15}$

means we should multiply the two fractions.

We multiply to obtain,

$- \frac{3}{11} \times - \frac{2}{15}$

$= - \frac{3}{11} \times - \frac{2}{3 \times 5}$

Cancel the common factors:

$= - \frac{1}{11} \times - \frac{2}{5}$

Now, multiply the numerators separately and the denominators too separately.

$= \frac{ - 1 \times - 2}{11 \times 5}$

This simplifies to,

$= \frac{2}{55}$