Solve -1/4-(5/2*3/2)

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

Evaluate

$$-4$$

Solution Steps

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

$$-\frac{1}{4}-\frac{5\times 3}{2\times 2}$$

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

$$-\frac{1}{4}-\frac{15}{4}$$

Since -\frac{1}{4} and \frac{15}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-1-15}{4}$$

Subtract 15 from -1 to get -16.

$$\frac{-16}{4}$$

Divide -16 by 4 to get -4.

$$-4$$

Factor

$$-4$$