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Question

$$- \frac{ 12 }{ 15 } - \frac{ 3 }{ 5 }$$

Evaluate

$-\frac{7}{5}=-1.4$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction $\frac{12}{15}$ to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out $3$.

$$-\frac{4}{5}-\frac{3}{5}$$

Since $-\frac{4}{5}$ and $\frac{3}{5}$ have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-4-3}{5}$$

Subtract $3$ from $-4$ to get $-7$.

$$-\frac{7}{5}$$

Factor

$-\frac{7}{5} = -1\frac{2}{5} = -1.4$