Solve -4/5101/237-2

$$- \frac{ 4 }{ 5 } \frac{ 101 }{ 237 } -2$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2774}{1185}\approx -2.34092827$$

Solution Steps

Multiply -\frac{4}{5} times \frac{101}{237} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-4\times 101}{5\times 237}-2$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-4\times 101}{5\times 237}.

$$\frac{-404}{1185}-2$$

Fraction \frac{-404}{1185} can be rewritten as -\frac{404}{1185} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{404}{1185}-2$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{2370}{1185}.

$$-\frac{404}{1185}-\frac{2370}{1185}$$

Since -\frac{404}{1185} and \frac{2370}{1185} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-404-2370}{1185}$$

Subtract 2370 from -404 to get -2774.

$$-\frac{2774}{1185}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2774}{1185} = -2\frac{404}{1185} = -2.3409282700421943$$