Solve -74/100div-20/10

$$\frac{ -74 }{ 100 } \div \frac{ -20 }{ 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{37}{100}=0.37$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{-74}{100} by \frac{-20}{10} by multiplying \frac{-74}{100} by the reciprocal of \frac{-20}{10}.

$$\frac{-74\times 10}{100\left(-20\right)}$$

Cancel out 2\times 10 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-37}{-20\times 5}$$

Multiply -20 and 5 to get -100.

$$\frac{-37}{-100}$$

Fraction \frac{-37}{-100} can be simplified to \frac{37}{100} by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.

$$\frac{37}{100}$$

Factor

$$\frac{37}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.37$$