Solve 3/5x(-4/5)-4/5*3/5

$$\frac { 3 } { 5 } x ( - \frac { 4 } { 5 } ) - \frac { 4 } { 5 } \times \frac { 3 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{-12x-12}{25}$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{3}{5} times -\frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\left(-4\right)}{5\times 5}x-\frac{4}{5}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\left(-4\right)}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{-12}{25}x-\frac{4}{5}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Fraction \frac{-12}{25} can be rewritten as -\frac{12}{25} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{12}{25}x-\frac{4}{5}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{5} times \frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$-\frac{12}{25}x-\frac{4\times 3}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 3}{5\times 5}.

$$-\frac{12}{25}x-\frac{12}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{12\left(-x-1\right)}{25}$$

Solution Steps

Factor out \frac{12}{25}.

$$\frac{12\left(-x-1\right)}{25}$$