How do you simplify #-8/33div(-20/39)#?
1 Answer
Explanation:
For a division sign, you can flip the other side of the equation and multiply instead. You will get
#(-8/33) xx (-39/20)#
The negatives cancel out so let's not worry about that. If you look at the
Then for the
But from there, you can take out another
Multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
#(8 xx 39)/(33 xx 20) = (cancel8^2xxcancel39^13)/(cancel33^11xxcancel20^5) = (2 xx 13) / (5 xx 11)#