Solve -3/4(-2)-1

$$- \frac{ 3 }{ 4 } (-2)-1$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Express -\frac{3}{4}\left(-2\right) as a single fraction.

$$\frac{-3\left(-2\right)}{4}-1$$

Multiply -3 and -2 to get 6.

$$\frac{6}{4}-1$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{2}-1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{2}{2}.

$$\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{2}$$

Since \frac{3}{2} and \frac{2}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{3-2}{2}$$

Subtract 2 from 3 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$