SOLUTION: -9 + 18/-3(-6) ___________ __ 32- 4(12)/3(2) I do not know what I am doing wrong on the bottom part. I have the answer to the top. I am new to algebra. I need to see t

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: -9 + 18/-3(-6)
______________
32- 4(12)/3(2)
I do not know what I am doing wrong on the bottom part. I have the answer to the top.
I am new to algebra.
I need to see the steps so I may understand the process and learn what I did incorrectly.
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Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Evaluate:
%28%28-9%2B18%29%2F%28%28-3%29%28-6%29%29%29%2F%28%2832-4%2812%29%29%2F%283%282%29%29%29
Let's do the numerator first:
%28-9%2B18%29%2F%28%28-3%29%28-6%29%29+=+9%2F18 = 1%2F2
Now the denominator:
%2832-4%2812%29%29%2F%283%282%29%29+=+%2832-48%29%2F6=-16%2F6+=+-8%2F3
So now we have:
%281%2F2%29%2F%28-8%2F3%29 and you'll recall that to divide fractions, you invert the denominator and multiply, so we get:
%281%2F2%29%2A%28-3%2F8%29+=+-3%2F16