ANSWER
[tex]- 0.7 + \frac{2}{8} = -0.45[/tex]
EXPLANATION
We want to simplify;
[tex] - 0.7 + \frac{2}{8} [/tex]
Simplify the fraction:
[tex] - 0.7 + \frac{1}{4} [/tex]
This is now the same as:
[tex]0.25 - 0.7[/tex]
We perform the subtraction to obtain,
[tex]-0.45[/tex]
Therefore
[tex]- 0.7 + \frac{2}{8} = -0.45[/tex]
[tex]-0.7+\frac{2}{8} =[/tex]
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You can make the denominators the same to combine them, so you can multiply -0.7 by [tex]\frac{8}{8}[/tex]
[tex]-0.7(\frac{8}{8})+\frac{2}{8}[/tex]
[tex]-\frac{5.6}{8}+\frac{2}{8}=-\frac{3.6}{8}= - 0.45[/tex]
