Solve -13/8/-26/7

$$- \frac { 13 } { 8 } / - \frac { 26 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{7}{16}=0.4375$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{13}{8} by -\frac{26}{7} by multiplying -\frac{13}{8} by the reciprocal of -\frac{26}{7}.

$$-\frac{13}{8}\left(-\frac{7}{26}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{13}{8} times -\frac{7}{26} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-13\left(-7\right)}{8\times 26}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-13\left(-7\right)}{8\times 26}.

$$\frac{91}{208}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{91}{208} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 13.

$$\frac{7}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.4375$$