-2 – 8/9 = ?
A) -78/9
B) -65/9
C) -34/9
D) -36/9
Question & Answer
-2 – 8/9 = ?
1 Answer
Verified archiveTo solve the expression -2 – 8/9, we first need to express -2 in terms of ninths to combine it with -8/9.
-2 can be rewritten as:
-2 = -2 × (9/9) = -18/9
Now we can rewrite the expression:
-18/9 – 8/9
Next, we add these fractions together:
-18/9 – 8/9 = (-18 – 8)/9 = -26/9
Since -26/9 isn’t one of the provided options, let’s check the computations again from the options:
-36/9 (D) = -4, which is equivalent to -2 – 8/9 if we assume mistaken values are given.
However, there seems to be no exact match in the options, but the closest answer computed is -34/9.
From the options provided, the closest mathematically computed answer would be:
C) -34/9
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