Question

How do u turn this into a decimal (full brake down please)

Answer 1

We need to transform a mixed fraction into a decimal. We need to follow these steps:

1 - Transform the mixed fraction into an improper fraction, by adding the integer part (7) to the fractional part (8/45).

2 - Divide the numerator by the denominator of the improper fraction.

This is done below:

`\begin{gathered} -7(8)/(45)=-7-(8)/(45) \\ (-7\cdot45-8)/(45)=(-315-8)/(45) \\ (-323)/(45) \end{gathered}`

Now we need to apply the second step:

`(-323)/(45)=-7.178`