Question
Answer
$$4(-\dfrac{73}{8})=-\dfrac{73}{2}$$
Explanation
| $$ \begin{aligned}4(-\frac{73}{8})& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-\frac{73}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $4$ by $ \dfrac{-73}{8} $ to get $ \dfrac{-73}{2} $. Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Cancel down by $ \color{blue}{4} $ $$ \begin{aligned} 4 \cdot \frac{-73}{8} & = \frac{4}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{-73}{8} = \frac{-292 : \color{blue}{4}}{8 : \color{blue}{4}} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{-73}{2} \end{aligned} $$ |
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