Solve z=(16+4/-9)(-5-2/3)

$$z = ( \frac { 16 + 4 } { - 9 } ) ( \frac { - 5 - 2 } { 3 } )$$

Solve for z

$$z = \frac{140}{27} = 5\frac{5}{27} \approx 5.185185185$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Add 16 and 4 to get 20.

$$z=\frac{20}{-9}\times \frac{-5-2}{3}$$

Fraction \frac{20}{-9} can be rewritten as -\frac{20}{9} by extracting the negative sign.

$$z=-\frac{20}{9}\times \frac{-5-2}{3}$$

Subtract 2 from -5 to get -7.

$$z=-\frac{20}{9}\times \frac{-7}{3}$$

Fraction \frac{-7}{3} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{3} by extracting the negative sign.

$$z=-\frac{20}{9}\left(-\frac{7}{3}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{20}{9} times -\frac{7}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$z=\frac{-20\left(-7\right)}{9\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-20\left(-7\right)}{9\times 3}.

$$z=\frac{140}{27}$$

Assign z

$$z≔\frac{140}{27}$$