Solve -0.8^2-(-0.8)/-0.8^2

$$\frac{ - { 0.8 }^{ 2 } -(-0.8) }{ - { 0.8 }^{ 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$-0.25$$

Solution Steps

Calculate 0.8 to the power of 2 and get 0.64.

$$\frac{-0.64-\left(-0.8\right)}{-0.8^{2}}$$

The opposite of -0.8 is 0.8.

$$\frac{-0.64+0.8}{-0.8^{2}}$$

Add -0.64 and 0.8 to get 0.16.

$$\frac{0.16}{-0.8^{2}}$$

Calculate 0.8 to the power of 2 and get 0.64.

$$\frac{0.16}{-0.64}$$

Expand \frac{0.16}{-0.64} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{16}{-64}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{-64} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 16.

$$-\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$-0.25$$