Solve (-5/8)|+(-3/5)

$$( - \frac { 5 } { 8 } ) | + ( - \frac { 3 } { 5 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{8}=-0.375$$

Solution Steps

The absolute value of a real number a is a when a\geq 0, or -a when a<0. The absolute value of -\frac{3}{5} is \frac{3}{5}.

$$-\frac{5}{8}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{8} times \frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\times 3}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\times 3}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{-15}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-15}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$-\frac{3}{8}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{8} = -0.375$$