Q. Perform the operation and reduce the answer fully. Make sure to express your answer as a simplified fraction.32⋅−4Answer:
Identify numbers: Identify the numbers to be multiplied. We have the fraction 32 and the integer −4 that need to be multiplied together.
Multiply numerator: Multiply the numerator of the fraction by the integer.Since there is no denominator for the integer −4, we can treat it as −4/1. Now we multiply the numerators and the denominators separately.(2×−4)/(3×1)=−8/3
Check for simplification: Check if the fraction can be simplified further.The fraction −38 is already in its simplest form because 8 and 3 have no common factors other than 1.
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