Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: corporate/other corporate/other includes global staff functions ( including finance , risk , human resources , legal and compliance ) and other corporate expense , global operations and technology , residual corporate treasury and corporate items . at december 31 , 2010 , this segment had approximately $ 272 billion of assets , consisting primarily of citi 2019s liquidity portfolio , including $ 87 billion of cash and deposits with banks. .
|in millions of dollars|2010|2009|2008|
|net interest revenue|$ 1059|$ -1657 ( 1657 )|$ -2671 ( 2671 )|
|non-interest revenue|695|-8898 ( 8898 )|413|
|total revenues net of interest expense|$ 1754|$ -10555 ( 10555 )|$ -2258 ( 2258 )|
|total operating expenses|$ 1953|$ 1418|$ 511|
|provisions for loan losses and for benefits and claims|2014|2014|2014|
|( loss ) from continuing operations before taxes|$ -199 ( 199 )|$ -11973 ( 11973 )|$ -2769 ( 2769 )|
|benefits for income taxes|-153 ( 153 )|-4356 ( 4356 )|-585 ( 585 )|
|( loss ) from continuing operations|$ -46 ( 46 )|$ -7617 ( 7617 )|$ -2184 ( 2184 )|
|income ( loss ) from discontinued operations net of taxes|-68 ( 68 )|-445 ( 445 )|4002|
|net income ( loss ) before attribution of noncontrolling interests|$ -114 ( 114 )|$ -8062 ( 8062 )|$ 1818|
|net ( loss ) attributable to noncontrolling interests|-48 ( 48 )|-2 ( 2 )|2014|
|net income ( loss )|$ -66 ( 66 )|$ -8060 ( 8060 )|$ 1818|
2010 vs . 2009 revenues , net of interest expense increased primarily due to the absence of the loss on debt extinguishment related to the repayment of the $ 20 billion of tarp trust preferred securities and the exit from the loss-sharing agreement with the u.s . government , each in the fourth quarter of 2009 . revenues also increased due to gains on sales of afs securities , benefits from lower short- term interest rates and other improved treasury results during the current year . these increases were partially offset by the absence of the pretax gain related to citi 2019s public and private exchange offers in 2009 . operating expenses increased primarily due to various legal and related expenses , as well as other non-compensation expenses . 2009 vs . 2008 revenues , net of interest expense declined primarily due to the pretax loss on debt extinguishment related to the repayment of tarp and the exit from the loss-sharing agreement with the u.s . government . revenues also declined due to the absence of the 2008 sale of citigroup global services limited recorded in operations and technology . these declines were partially offset by a pretax gain related to the exchange offers , revenues and higher intersegment eliminations . operating expenses increased primarily due to intersegment eliminations and increases in compensation , partially offset by lower repositioning reserves. .
Question: what was the ratio of total operating expenses to net interest income in 2010?


Answer: The answer is:1.84419