Question

What's -2/3 * 4 ?

Answer 1

@mathmale @ganeshie8 @zepdrix

Answer 2

Ambiguous expression. Which do you mean?

a) (-2/3)*4, or
b) -2/(3*4) ???

Answer 3

a

Answer 4

OK.

Then what is (-2)(4)?

What is (-2)(4)/3?

Answer 5

?

Answer 6

-8
?

Answer 7

(-2)(4)=-8, yes.

Answer 8

I just want the answer please lol

Answer 9

What is [(-2)(4)] / 3 ?

Answer 10

Come on, you can do this problem yourself.

Answer 11

Simplify: (-2)(4)/3

Answer 12

-8 / 3 = -2.67 ?

Answer 13

Yes. Personally I'd leave the answer in the form -8/3.

Answer 14

Ok thanks

Answer 15

The difficult thing here seemed to be ambiguity. When in doubt, use parentheses to indicate the order in which math operations should be carried out.