Solve (-1/6)div(-2/3)

$$( - \frac { 1 } { 6 } ) \div ( - \frac { 2 } { 3 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{1}{6} by -\frac{2}{3} by multiplying -\frac{1}{6} by the reciprocal of -\frac{2}{3}.

$$-\frac{1}{6}\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{6} times -\frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-\left(-3\right)}{6\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-\left(-3\right)}{6\times 2}.

$$\frac{3}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$