Solve 2/9/-5/3

$$\frac { 2 } { 9 } / - \frac { 5 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2}{15}\approx -0.133333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{2}{9} by -\frac{5}{3} by multiplying \frac{2}{9} by the reciprocal of -\frac{5}{3}.

$$\frac{2}{9}\left(-\frac{3}{5}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{2}{9} times -\frac{3}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\left(-3\right)}{9\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\left(-3\right)}{9\times 5}.

$$\frac{-6}{45}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-6}{45} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{2}{15}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2}{15} = -0.13333333333333333$$