Question

How do you evaluate `\frac { 1} { 3} \times \frac { - 3} { 5}`?

Answer 1

To multiply fractions, your multiply the numerators or the denominators multiplied:

`1/3 xx (-3)/5 => (1 xx -3)/(3 xx 5) => (1 xx color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-3)))(-1))/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3)))1 xx 5) => -1/5`