SOLUTION: please show me how to clear this fraction by multiplying by 3 -29one/third they say the answer is -88

Question 177838: please show me how to clear this fraction by multiplying by 3
-29one/third they say the answer is -88
Found 3 solutions by Mathtut, edjones, MathTherapy:
Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
are you trying to change this from a mixed number to an improper fraction. It is not real clear what you want.
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If you start with -29 and 1/3 written as -29 1/3 you take the integer and multiply it by the denominator and then add the numerator all over the denominator
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so 29(3)+1=88 and since this is negative we end up with -88/3
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another way to do this is to write 29 as an improper fraction with 3 as the denominator so that we have like terms and so we can add 1/3 to it
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so 29*3=87...so 29=87/3 then we add 1/3 to it to get 88/3 and since this is negative we end with -88/3.
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If you multiply this by 3 as you say you would have (-88/3)(3)=-88
Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
29 1/3
multiply the denominator times the whole number and add the numerator.
(3*29)+1
=87+1
=88
So 29 1/3 = 88/3
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Ed
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-29 x 3 = x = x = - 88
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