| $$ \begin{aligned}-1(-\frac{31}{2})& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{31}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $1$ by $ \dfrac{-31}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{-31}{2} $. Write $ 1 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} 1 \cdot \frac{-31}{2} = \frac{1}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{-31}{2} = \frac{-31}{2} \end{aligned} $$ |