Question

Multiply. (−23)(54) Enter your answer as a fraction, in simplified form, in the box.

Answer 1

Answer: $-\frac{1242}{1}$

Step-by-step explanation:

By definition, negative numbers, positive numbers and zero are Integers.

It is important to remember the multiplication of signs:

$(-)(-)=+\\(+)(+)=+\\(-)(+)=-$

You can observe that you must multiply two integers, one of them is negative and the other one is positive. The product will be an integer. Then:

$(-23)(54)=-1242$

Since any Integer can be written as a fraction, you can rewrite the product by writing $-1242$ as the numerator and $1$ as the denominator.

Then, this is:

$=-\frac{1242}{1}$