The answer should be -0.6
If you mean simplifying -4/8 simplified is -2/4 or -1/2 which in decimal form is -0.5 so it is technically a negative half.
Orientation may change, but the measure of its angles will stay the same. A translation does not change the shape of a figure, it only moves its location and direction.<span />
Without calculating, you can immediately see the absolute value sign, which implies that the final result (x) should be positive, not negative.