Solve -6/42-36/7

$$\frac { - 6 } { 42 } - \frac { 36 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{37}{7}\approx -5.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{-6}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$-\frac{1}{7}-\frac{36}{7}$$

Since -\frac{1}{7} and \frac{36}{7} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-1-36}{7}$$

Subtract 36 from -1 to get -37.

$$-\frac{37}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{37}{7} = -5\frac{2}{7} = -5.285714285714286$$