Solve (-7/10)div9/14

$$(- \frac{ 7 }{ 10 } ) \div \frac{ 9 }{ 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{49}{45}\approx -1.088888889$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{7}{10} by \frac{9}{14} by multiplying -\frac{7}{10} by the reciprocal of \frac{9}{14}.

$$-\frac{7}{10}\times \frac{14}{9}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{10} times \frac{14}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\times 14}{10\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\times 14}{10\times 9}.

$$\frac{-98}{90}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-98}{90} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{49}{45}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{49}{45} = -1\frac{4}{45} = -1.0888888888888888$$