Question

equality the following using appropriate property. 5/48 + 3/8 x - 2/9 - 5/3 x 3/8​

Answer 1

Answer :

• Answer is -29/48

Given :

• 5/48 + 3/8 × -2/9 - 5/3 × 3/8

Solution :

》5/48 + 3/8 × -2/9 - 5/3 × 3/8

》5/48 + 3/8 ( -2/9 - 5/3)

》5/48 + 3/8 ( -2 - 15 / 9)

》5/48 + 3/8 × -17/9

》5/48 + -17/24

》5 - 34 / 48

》-29/48

Hence , Answer is -29/48

More Explanation :

• This is distributive property
• Example of distributive property is 2(3 + 5) = 2 × 3 + 2 × 5
• Associative , Distributive, Identity, Zero and commutative are the properties of multiplication
• So, 5/48 + 3/8 × -2/9 - 5/3 × 3/8 is distributive property