What is the answer to - 2 1/4 + (-3 1/4) =

So this is how you do it

-5 1/2

Eliminating a negative and changing our operation.

=-2 1/4-3 1/4

Rewriting our equation with parts separated

=-2-1/4-3-1/4

Solving the whole number parts

-2-3=-5

Solving the fraction parts

-1/4-1/4=-2/4

Reducing the fraction part, 2/4,

-2/4=-1/2

Combining the whole and fraction parts

-5-1/2=-5 1/2

Solution by Formulas

converting mixed numbers to fractions, our initial equation becomes,

-9/4+-134

Applying the fractions formula for addition,

= (-9*4) + (-13*4) 4*4

=-36+-5216

=-8816

Simplifying - 88/16, the answer is

=-512