Question
Answer
$$-8\cdot\dfrac{1}{3}=-\dfrac{8}{3}$$
Explanation
| $$ \begin{aligned}-8\cdot\frac{1}{3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-\frac{8}{3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $-8$ by $ \dfrac{1}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{-8}{3} $. Write $ -8 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} -8 \cdot \frac{1}{3} = \frac{-8}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{1}{3} = \frac{-8}{3} \end{aligned} $$ |
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