Solve 9/14div(-4/5)

$$\frac { 9 } { 14 } \div ( - \frac { 4 } { 5 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{45}{56}\approx -0.803571429$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{9}{14} by -\frac{4}{5} by multiplying \frac{9}{14} by the reciprocal of -\frac{4}{5}.

$$\frac{9}{14}\left(-\frac{5}{4}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{9}{14} times -\frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\left(-5\right)}{14\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\left(-5\right)}{14\times 4}.

$$\frac{-45}{56}$$

Fraction \frac{-45}{56} can be rewritten as -\frac{45}{56} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{45}{56}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{45}{56} = -0.8035714285714286$$