Solve -1/2*(-12/5)-2

$$- \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times ( - \frac { 12 } { 5 } ) - 2$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{4}{5}=-0.8$$

Solution Steps

Multiply -\frac{1}{2} times -\frac{12}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-\left(-12\right)}{2\times 5}-2$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-\left(-12\right)}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{12}{10}-2$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{5}-2$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{10}{5}.

$$\frac{6}{5}-\frac{10}{5}$$

Since \frac{6}{5} and \frac{10}{5} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{6-10}{5}$$

Subtract 10 from 6 to get -4.

$$-\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{4}{5} = -0.8$$