Solve -8/19:(-2)/57

$$\frac { - 8 } { 19 } : \frac { ( - 2 ) } { 57 }$$

Evaluate

$$12$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{-8}{19} by \frac{-2}{57} by multiplying \frac{-8}{19} by the reciprocal of \frac{-2}{57}.

$$\frac{-8\times 57}{19\left(-2\right)}$$

Cancel out 2\times 19 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-4\times 3}{-1}$$

Multiply -4 and 3 to get -12.

$$\frac{-12}{-1}$$

Fraction \frac{-12}{-1} can be simplified to 12 by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.

$$12$$

Factor

$$2^{2}\times 3$$