Solve =70+-2/35*10

$$= 70 + \frac { - 2 } { 35 } \times 10$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{486}{7}\approx 69.428571429$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-2}{35} can be rewritten as -\frac{2}{35} by extracting the negative sign.

$$70-\frac{2}{35}\times 10$$

Express -\frac{2}{35}\times 10 as a single fraction.

$$70+\frac{-2\times 10}{35}$$

Multiply -2 and 10 to get -20.

$$70+\frac{-20}{35}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-20}{35} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$70-\frac{4}{7}$$

Convert 70 to fraction \frac{490}{7}.

$$\frac{490}{7}-\frac{4}{7}$$

Since \frac{490}{7} and \frac{4}{7} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{490-4}{7}$$

Subtract 4 from 490 to get 486.

$$\frac{486}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3 ^ {5}}{7} = 69\frac{3}{7} = 69.42857142857143$$