hello
we are asked to multiply two mixed fractions.
to do this, we need to convert the mixed fractions to improper fraction
[tex]\begin{gathered} -2\frac{1}{2}=-\frac{5}{2} \\ \\ -1\frac{2}{3}=-\frac{5}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex]now we can proceed to multiply the two numbers.
simply multiply numerator to numerator and denominator to denominator
[tex]-\frac{5}{2}\times-\frac{5}{3}=\frac{25}{6}[/tex]the answer to the question is 25/6
