Question

How do you simplify `2 div (-0.4)`?

Answer 1

See the simplification process below:

Explanation:

We can rewrite this expression as:

`2/-0.4 = -2/0.4 = -2/(2 xx 0.2) = -color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 0.2) =`

`-1/0.2 = -5`