Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 2 - Test - Page 133: 18

Answer

$2\frac{2}{3}.$

Work Step by Step

We simplify by removing the parentheses and add the terms as follows: $$ \left( -\frac{2}{3} \right)(-6)+\left( -1\frac{1}{3} \right)=\frac{12}{3}-\frac{4}{3}\\ =\frac{12-4}{3}=\frac{8}{3}=2\frac{2}{3}. $$
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