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Simplify:(i) (-5 × (2/15)) – (-6 × (2/9))(ii) ((-9/4) × (5/3)) + ((13/2) × (5/6))

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(i) Given (-5 × (2/15)) – (-6 × (2/9))

(-5 × (2/15)) – (-6 × (2/9)) 

= (-10/15) – (-12/9)

= (-2/3) + (12/9)

= (-6/9) + (12/9)

= (6/9)

= (2/3)

(ii) Given ((-9/4) × (5/3)) + ((13/2) × (5/6))

((-9/4) × (5/3)) + ((13/2) × (5/6)) 

= ((-3/4) × 5) + ((13/2) × (5/6))

= (-15/4) + (65/12)

= (-15/4) × (3/3) + (65/12)

= (-45/12) + (65/12)

= (65 – 45)/12

= (20/12)

= (5/3)



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