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

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-12T14:16:44

See the simplification process below:

We can rewrite this expression as:

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

$-1/0.2 = -5$

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