Solve (-21/2)*(+3/5)

$$( - 2 \frac { 1 } { 2 } ) \cdot ( + \frac { 3 } { 5 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{2}=-1.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 2 to get 4.

$$\left(-\frac{4+1}{2}\right)\times \frac{3}{5}$$

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

$$-\frac{5}{2}\times \frac{3}{5}$$

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

$$\frac{-5\times 3}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\times 3}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{-15}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-15}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$-\frac{3}{2}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{2} = -1\frac{1}{2} = -1.5$$