Solve 0-85/85/frac{100-15{15}}

$$\frac{ \frac{ 0-85 }{ 85 } }{ \frac{ 100-15 }{ 15 } }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{17}\approx -0.176470588$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{0-85}{85} by \frac{100-15}{15} by multiplying \frac{0-85}{85} by the reciprocal of \frac{100-15}{15}.

$$\frac{\left(0-85\right)\times 15}{85\left(100-15\right)}$$

Extract the negative sign in 0-85.

$$\frac{-15\left(100-15\right)}{85\left(100-15\right)}$$

Cancel out 5\left(100-15\right) in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-3}{17}$$

Fraction \frac{-3}{17} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{17} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{17}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{17} = -0.17647058823529413$$