Solve -1+2/9.2

$$- 1 + \frac { 2 } { 9 } .2$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{43}{45}\approx -0.955555556$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.2 to fraction \frac{2}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-1+\frac{2}{9}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{9} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$-1+\frac{2\times 1}{9\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 1}{9\times 5}.

$$-1+\frac{2}{45}$$

Convert -1 to fraction -\frac{45}{45}.

$$-\frac{45}{45}+\frac{2}{45}$$

Since -\frac{45}{45} and \frac{2}{45} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{-45+2}{45}$$

Add -45 and 2 to get -43.

$$-\frac{43}{45}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{43}{45} = -0.9555555555555556$$