document.write( "Question 891128: The question Is about expressions. I am not completely sure how to solve (-9)(8)(-5/6). Could you walk be through the question? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #539532 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Make the -9 and the 8 into fractions by putting\r\n" );
document.write( "1 underneath:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now notice that the answer is going to be positive because \r\n" );
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document.write( "(-)(+)(-) is +\r\n" );
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document.write( "The 9 on the top and the 6 on the bottom have a common\r\n" );
document.write( "factor of 3, so we divide 9 by 3 and get 3 and divide\r\n" );
document.write( "6 by 3 and get 2:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you can divide the 2 in the bottom into the 8 on top,\r\n" );
document.write( "getting 4 on top\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it's just 3×4×5 = 12×5 = 60 because the 1's on the bottom\r\n" );
document.write( "just give 1, and dividing by 1 just gives the same thing, 60.\r\n" );
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