Solve -1/(-2)*3/4

$$- \frac { 1 } { ( - 2 ) } \cdot \frac { 3 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{8}=0.375$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{1}{-2} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{2} by extracting the negative sign.

$$\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\times \frac{3}{4}$$

The opposite of -\frac{1}{2} is \frac{1}{2}.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 3}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 3}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{3}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.375$$