Evaluate (2|-8|)/-8

$\frac{2 | - 8 |}{- 8}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ and $- 8$ .

Factor $2$ out of $2 | - 8 |$ .

$\frac{2 (| - 8 |)}{- 8}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$\frac{2 | - 8 |}{2 \cdot - 4}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 | - 8 |}{2 \cdot - 4}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{| - 8 |}{- 4}$

Step 2

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 8$ and $0$ is $8$ .

$\frac{8}{- 4}$

Step 3

Divide $8$ by $- 4$ .

$- 2$