SOLUTION: 6(-3)/(-32) / means divide

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Question 66910: 6(-3)/(-32)
/ means divide
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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6(-3)/(-32)
NUMERATOR: 6(-3)=-18 Now we have
-18/-32 this can be written as ((-1)(18))/((-1)(32)) and the -1's cancel so we have left
18/32 and this reduces: divide numerator and denominator by 2 and we get
9/16
Hope this helps----ptaylor