Solve -137/40/frac{31{8}}

$$\frac { - \frac { 137 } { 40 } } { \frac { 31 } { 8 } }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{137}{155}\approx -0.883870968$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{137}{40} by \frac{31}{8} by multiplying -\frac{137}{40} by the reciprocal of \frac{31}{8}.

$$-\frac{137}{40}\times \frac{8}{31}$$

Multiply -\frac{137}{40} times \frac{8}{31} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-137\times 8}{40\times 31}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-137\times 8}{40\times 31}.

$$\frac{-1096}{1240}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-1096}{1240} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$-\frac{137}{155}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{137}{155} = -0.8838709677419355$$