Solve 1/3div(-7/6)

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } \div ( - \frac { 7 } { 6 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2}{7}\approx -0.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{3} by -\frac{7}{6} by multiplying \frac{1}{3} by the reciprocal of -\frac{7}{6}.

$$\frac{1}{3}\left(-\frac{6}{7}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times -\frac{6}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\left(-6\right)}{3\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-6\right)}{3\times 7}.

$$\frac{-6}{21}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-6}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{2}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2}{7} = -0.2857142857142857$$