Chapter 0.5, Problem 4E

To determine

To find: The simplified value of the expression $-14.1\left(-2.9\right)$ .

Answer to Problem 4E

The simplified value of the expression $-14.1\left(-2.9\right)$ is $40.89$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The expression $-14.1\left(-2.9\right)$ .

Formula used:

Product of two real numbers is obtained when they are multiplied together. That is two or more numbers are separated by multiplication signs $\left(\right),\times \text{ or }\cdot$ .

Product of two negative integers is always positive.

Calculation:

Consider the expression $-14.1\left(-2.9\right)$ .

Recall that product of two real numbers is obtained when they are multiplied together. That is two or more numbers are separated by multiplication signs $\left(\right),\times \text{ or }\cdot$ .

Simplify it,

  $\begin{array}{c}-14.1\left(-2.9\right)=+\left(14.1\cdot 2.9\right)\\ =40.89\end{array}$

Thus, the simplified value of the expression $-14.1\left(-2.9\right)$ is $40.89$ .