SOLUTION: Please help me with this algebra problem. Thanks so much! Multiply and make sure it is in simplist form. Please show all of your work. -8/9 * 27

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Question 486643: Please help me with this algebra problem. Thanks so much!
Multiply and make sure it is in simplist form. Please show all of your work.
-8/9 * 27
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
This -8/9 * 27 can be written as 8/9*27/1
Now multiply straight across to get:
-216/9=-24
Make sense?
RJ
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