What is the product enter your answer as a fraction in simplest form in the box -4/5 • 10/16

Mathematics

1 answer:

Naddika [18.5K]3 years ago

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Answer:

-1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

The first thing you do is cross cancel because when you cross cancel 4 and 16 it would be -1/5 * 10/4 then you cross cancel 5 and 10 and then you faction would look like -1/1 * 2/4 then you multiply those fractions together and get -2/4 but simplified would be -1/2.

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