Solve (-2/3)div5/6

$$( - \frac { 2 } { 3 } ) \div \frac { 5 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{4}{5}=-0.8$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{2}{3} by \frac{5}{6} by multiplying -\frac{2}{3} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{6}.

$$-\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{6}{5}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times \frac{6}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 6}{3\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 6}{3\times 5}.

$$\frac{-12}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-12}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{4}{5} = -0.8$$