Question

Express 9/-15 as a rational number with denominator 5

Answer 1

Answer:

9/15 = -9/15 (the - sign is written with the numerator)

15/5=3, so, in order to get 5 as the denominator we will divide the terms separately by 3.

-9/3 = -3

15/3 = 5

so, -9/15 = -3/5