Solve 51/2/-frac{33{2}}

$$\frac{ \frac{ 51 }{ 2 } }{ - \frac{ 33 }{ 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{17}{11}\approx -1.545454545$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{51}{2} by -\frac{33}{2} by multiplying \frac{51}{2} by the reciprocal of -\frac{33}{2}.

$$\frac{51}{2}\left(-\frac{2}{33}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{51}{2} times -\frac{2}{33} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{51\left(-2\right)}{2\times 33}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{51\left(-2\right)}{2\times 33}.

$$\frac{-102}{66}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-102}{66} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$-\frac{17}{11}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{17}{11} = -1\frac{6}{11} = -1.5454545454545454$$