Solve -2/5*[5.9-(-3)]

$$- \frac { 2 } { 5 } \times [ 5.9 - ( - 3 ) ]$$

Evaluate

$$-3.56$$

Solution Steps

The opposite of -3 is 3.

$$-\frac{2}{5}\left(5.9+3\right)$$

Add 5.9 and 3 to get 8.9.

$$-\frac{2}{5}\times 8.9$$

Convert decimal number 8.9 to fraction \frac{89}{10}.

$$-\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{89}{10}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{5} times \frac{89}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 89}{5\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 89}{5\times 10}.

$$\frac{-178}{50}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-178}{50} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{89}{25}$$

Factor

$$-3.56$$