Question

Find the value of the following expression 9(-4) = ? ____ -3

Answer 1

We want to evaluate the expression:

`(9(-4))/(-3)`

This can be written as:

`(3*3(-1*4))/(-1*3)`

Because -1 and 3 exist in both the numerator and denominator, we can cancel them out to have:

`\begin{gathered} 3*4 \\ =12 \end{gathered}`

That is our answer!