Solve -1/2div(-13/8)

$$- \frac { 1 } { 2 } \div ( - 1 \frac { 3 } { 8 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{11}\approx 0.363636364$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{-\frac{1}{2}}{-\frac{8+3}{8}}$$

Add 8 and 3 to get 11.

$$\frac{-\frac{1}{2}}{-\frac{11}{8}}$$

Divide -\frac{1}{2} by -\frac{11}{8} by multiplying -\frac{1}{2} by the reciprocal of -\frac{11}{8}.

$$-\frac{1}{2}\left(-\frac{8}{11}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{2} times -\frac{8}{11} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-\left(-8\right)}{2\times 11}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-\left(-8\right)}{2\times 11}.

$$\frac{8}{22}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{22} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{11}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{11} = 0.36363636363636365$$