| $$ \begin{aligned}-243\cdot\frac{3}{5}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-\frac{729}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $-243$ by $ \dfrac{3}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{-729}{5} $. Write $ -243 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} -243 \cdot \frac{3}{5} = \frac{-243}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{3}{5} = \frac{-729}{5} \end{aligned} $$ |