Solve 15/16div(-25/-32

$$\frac{ 15 }{ 16 } \div ( \frac{ -25 }{ -32 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{5}=1.2$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{15}{16} by \frac{-25}{-32} by multiplying \frac{15}{16} by the reciprocal of \frac{-25}{-32}.

$$\frac{15\left(-32\right)}{16\left(-25\right)}$$

Cancel out 5\times 16 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 3}{-5}$$

Multiply -2 and 3 to get -6.

$$\frac{-6}{-5}$$

Fraction \frac{-6}{-5} can be simplified to \frac{6}{5} by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.

$$\frac{6}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{5} = 1\frac{1}{5} = 1.2$$