What is the best classification for -24?
real number
rational number
integer
whole number

Integer

Step-by-step explanation: I would classify -24 as an integer for the best classification. Although -24 is a rational number, we tend to think of negative numbers as integers. Although -24 would be a rational number too, there are many rational numbers in the negatives that have decimals other than 0 so the best classification for it would be an integer.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b