Question

9. What should be subtracted from 5/8 to make it -1?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the subtracted number be 'x'.

So,

(5/8)x = -1

or, 5x/8 = -1

or, 5x = -1×8

or, 5x = -8

or, x = -8/5

Therefore x will be equal to -1.6.

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