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Question
Simplify the following by using suitable property. Also name the property.
`(-3)/5 xx {3/7 + ((-5)/6)}`
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Solution
Given, `(-3)/5 xx {3/7 + ((-5)/6)}`
= `(-3)/5 xx 3/7 + ((-3)/5) xx ((-5)/6)` ...[Using distributive property of multiplication over addition]
= `(-9)/35 + 15/30`
= `(-54 + 105)/210`
= `51/210`
= `17/70`
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