Look at as the product of 2 fractions. ... The first fraction is (-3/4)... The second fraction is (-4/1). ... The product of the numerators is +12 . ... The product of the denominators is 4. ... So the whole product is. 12/4. Or 3 .
To calculate − 4 3 × ( − 4 ) , rewrite -4 as a fraction and multiply the numerators and denominators. The result is 3 , since 4 12 simplifies to 3. Multiplying two negative numbers yields a positive result.
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