Question

9. Multiply 2/5 by the reciprocal of (-3/5).

Answer 1

Answer: -2/3

Step-by-step explanation: The multiplicative inverse of x is 1/x (for x not equal to 0) means when these two numbers are multiplied together we get multiplicative identity i.e. 1.

Step 1 of 2 :

The reciprocal of (-3/5) is (-5/3).

Step 2 of 2 :

Multiplying (2/5) by (-5/3), the equation will become:

(2/5)×(-5/3)

=(-2/3)