8.722 / (-3.56)
Expand [tex]\frac{8.722}{-3.56}[/tex] by multiplying both numerator and denominator by 1000.
[tex]\frac{8722}{-3560}[/tex]
Reduce the fraction [tex]\frac{8722}{-3560}[/tex] to the lowest terms by extracting and cancelling out 178.
-[tex]\frac {49}{20}[/tex] = -2.45
