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use the distributivity of multiplication of rational numbers over addition to simplify:
-3/8 * (4/7+[-11/7])
Plssi want with explanation

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Answer:

  3/8

Step-by-step explanation:

The distributive property tells you the outside factor multiplies each term inside parentheses.

  a(b +c) = ab +ac

  (-3/8)(4/7 +(-11/7)) = (-3/8)(4/7) + (-3/8)(-11/7)

  = -12/56 +33/56 = 21/56 = 3/8

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