Solve -5/9/-frac{4{3}}

$$\frac { - \frac { 5 } { 9 } } { - \frac { 4 } { 3 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{12}\approx 0.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{5}{9} by -\frac{4}{3} by multiplying -\frac{5}{9} by the reciprocal of -\frac{4}{3}.

$$-\frac{5}{9}\left(-\frac{3}{4}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{9} times -\frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\left(-3\right)}{9\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\left(-3\right)}{9\times 4}.

$$\frac{15}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{5}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.4166666666666667$$