Question

What should be subtracted from `(-2)/3` to obtain the nearest integer?

Answer 1

Given rational number is `(-2)/3`.

We know that, nearest natural number of `(-2)/3` is –1.

Let x be subtracted to `(-2)/3` to obtain –1.

Then, `(-2)/3 - x = -1`

⇒ `x = (-2)/3 + 1 = 1/3`

So, we subtract `1/3` from `(-2)/3` to get the nearest integer.