Solve 3/2*(-21/2)

$$\frac { 3 } { 2 } \cdot ( - 2 \frac { 1 } { 2 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{15}{4}=-3.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 2 to get 4.

$$\frac{3}{2}\left(-\frac{4+1}{2}\right)$$

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

$$\frac{3}{2}\left(-\frac{5}{2}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times -\frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\left(-5\right)}{2\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\left(-5\right)}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{-15}{4}$$

Fraction \frac{-15}{4} can be rewritten as -\frac{15}{4} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{15}{4}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{15}{4} = -3\frac{3}{4} = -3.75$$