Solve 2(-1/14)-1

$$2 ( - \frac { 1 } { 14 } ) - 1$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{8}{7}\approx -1.142857143$$

Solution Steps

Express 2\left(-\frac{1}{14}\right) as a single fraction.

$$\frac{2\left(-1\right)}{14}-1$$

Multiply 2 and -1 to get -2.

$$\frac{-2}{14}-1$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-2}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{1}{7}-1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{7}{7}.

$$-\frac{1}{7}-\frac{7}{7}$$

Since -\frac{1}{7} and \frac{7}{7} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-1-7}{7}$$

Subtract 7 from -1 to get -8.

$$-\frac{8}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{8}{7} = -1\frac{1}{7} = -1.1428571428571428$$