Solve -0,5*1/2=-1/4

$$- 0,5 \cdot \frac { 1 } { 2 } = - \frac { 1 } { 4 }$$

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Solution Steps

Convert decimal number -0,5 to fraction -\frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction -\frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$-\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}=-\frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{2} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-1}{2\times 2}=-\frac{1}{4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-1}{2\times 2}.

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

Fraction \frac{-1}{4} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{4} by extracting the negative sign.

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

Compare -\frac{1}{4} and -\frac{1}{4}.

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