Solve -7/10/frac{3{5}}

$$\frac{ - \frac{ 7 }{ 10 } }{ \frac{ 3 }{ 5 } }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{7}{6}\approx -1.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{7}{10} by \frac{3}{5} by multiplying -\frac{7}{10} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{5}.

$$-\frac{7}{10}\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{10} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\times 5}{10\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\times 5}{10\times 3}.

$$\frac{-35}{30}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-35}{30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$-\frac{7}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{7}{6} = -1\frac{1}{6} = -1.1666666666666667$$