Solve (-124/48):(-4/8)

$$( \frac { - 124 } { 48 } ) : ( \frac { - 4 } { 8 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{31}{6}\approx 5.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{-124}{48} by \frac{-4}{8} by multiplying \frac{-124}{48} by the reciprocal of \frac{-4}{8}.

$$\frac{-124\times 8}{48\left(-4\right)}$$

Cancel out 2\times 4\times 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-31}{-2\times 3}$$

Multiply -2 and 3 to get -6.

$$\frac{-31}{-6}$$

Fraction \frac{-31}{-6} can be simplified to \frac{31}{6} by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.

$$\frac{31}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{31}{2 \cdot 3} = 5\frac{1}{6} = 5.166666666666667$$