Solve -10/12-8

$$- \frac{ 10 }{ 12 } -8$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{53}{6}\approx -8.833333333$$

Solution Steps

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

$$-\frac{5}{6}-8$$

Convert 8 to fraction \frac{48}{6}.

$$-\frac{5}{6}-\frac{48}{6}$$

Since -\frac{5}{6} and \frac{48}{6} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-5-48}{6}$$

Subtract 48 from -5 to get -53.

$$-\frac{53}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{53}{6} = -8\frac{5}{6} = -8.833333333333334$$