Simplify 5/9(F-32)

$\frac{5}{9} (F - 32)$

Step 1

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{5}{9} F + \frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$

Step 2

Combine $\frac{5}{9}$ and $F$ .

$\frac{5 F}{9} + \frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$ .

Combine $\frac{5}{9}$ and $- 32$ .

$\frac{5 F}{9} + \frac{5 \cdot - 32}{9}$

Multiply $5$ by $- 32$ .

$\frac{5 F}{9} + \frac{- 160}{9}$

$\frac{5 F}{9} + \frac{- 160}{9}$

Step 4

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{5 F}{9} - \frac{160}{9}$

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