Solve (-5/12)div(-3/6)

$$( \frac { - 5 } { 12 } ) \div ( \frac { - 3 } { 6 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{6}\approx 0.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{-5}{12} by \frac{-3}{6} by multiplying \frac{-5}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{-3}{6}.

$$\frac{-5\times 6}{12\left(-3\right)}$$

Cancel out 6 in both numerator and denominator.

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

Multiply -3 and 2 to get -6.

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

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

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

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.8333333333333334$$