Solve 8%-2=-17

$$8 \% - 2 = - 17$$

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Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{2}{25}-2=-17$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{50}{25}.

$$\frac{2}{25}-\frac{50}{25}=-17$$

Since \frac{2}{25} and \frac{50}{25} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{2-50}{25}=-17$$

Subtract 50 from 2 to get -48.

$$-\frac{48}{25}=-17$$

Convert -17 to fraction -\frac{425}{25}.

$$-\frac{48}{25}=-\frac{425}{25}$$

Compare -\frac{48}{25} and -\frac{425}{25}.

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