Question

Which of the following expressions, when multiplied by , has the LEAST value?

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

is there something missing?

Answer 3

is there supposed to be a number after the word "by" when you wrote "when multiplied by" ?

Answer 4

yea sorry i forgot to put 1/3

Answer 5

ok, so first you need to compute each answer choice (ignore the 1/3 for now)

Answer 6

so what does \(\Large -\frac{5}{9} + 2^2\) equal?

Answer 7

3 4/9

Answer 8

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 9

convert that to an improper fraction to get ????

Answer 10

3 9/4?

Answer 11

no

Answer 12

remember that

a b/c = (a*c + b)/c

Answer 13

31/9

Answer 14

good

Answer 15

do the same for the other choices B through D

Answer 16

B. -189/13

Answer 17

C. 57/8

Answer 18

B is incorrect

Answer 19

C is correct

Answer 20

D. -97/15

Answer 21

D is incorrect

Answer 22

I dont know B and D

Answer 23

how did you compute B?

Answer 24

i did 7/13-16= -15 6/13
then idid -15x13=-195+6= -189/13

Answer 25

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 26

ok you have -15 6/13 correct, but you converted incorrectly

Answer 27

so what you should do is ignore the negative and convert 15 6/13 to an improper fraction

then when you do all that, make the result negative

Answer 28

so would it be -201/13

Answer 29

good

Answer 30

do the same for D

Answer 31

D. -113/15

Answer 32

ok great so far

Answer 33

To sum things up, we have these results

A) 31/9
B) -201/13
C) 57/8
D) -113/15

Answer 34

the next step is to multiply each fraction by 1/3

Answer 35

tell me what you get when you do that

Answer 36

A. 1 4/27
B. -5 2/13
C. 2 3/8
D. -2 43/45

Answer 37

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 38

everything looks good but D

Answer 39

Yea thats the only one i dont understand

Answer 40

i think A. is the answer

Answer 41

one sec

Answer 42

when you multiply -113/15 by 1/3, you should get -113/45

then you convert that to a mixed number to get -2 23/45

Answer 43

so you should have this

A. 1 4/27
B. -5 2/13
C. 2 3/8
D. -2 23/45

Answer 44

which is the smallest of the 4?

Answer 45

A

Answer 46

keep in mind that negative numbers are smaller than positive

Answer 47

Oh B

Answer 48

good

Answer 49

if you were to draw a number line, then -5 2/13 would be the furthest to the left