Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Number Theory and the Real Number System - 5.3 The Rational Numbers - Exercise Set 5.3 - Page 285: 103

Answer

\[\frac{-79}{4}\].

Work Step by Step

Use rules of operations to find the value of the given expression. Evaluate the parentheses first from left to right followed by division as: \[\begin{align} & \frac{1}{4}-6\left( 2+8 \right)\div \left( \frac{-1}{3} \right)\left( \frac{-1}{9} \right)=\frac{1}{4}-\frac{6\left( 10 \right)}{\frac{-1}{3}}\left( \frac{-1}{9} \right) \\ & =\frac{1}{4}-6\times 10\times -3\times \frac{-1}{9} \\ & =\frac{1}{4}-20 \end{align}\] Now, perform the subtraction operation as: \[\begin{align} & \frac{1}{4}-20=\frac{1-80}{4} \\ & =\frac{-79}{4} \end{align}\] Hence, the value of \[\frac{1}{4}-6\left( 2+8 \right)\div \left( \frac{-1}{3} \right)\left( \frac{-1}{9} \right)\]is \[\frac{-79}{4}\].
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