Solve -15/8div3/14

$$- \frac { 15 } { 8 } \div \frac { 3 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{35}{4}=-8.75$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{15}{8} by \frac{3}{14} by multiplying -\frac{15}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{14}.

$$-\frac{15}{8}\times \frac{14}{3}$$

Multiply -\frac{15}{8} times \frac{14}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-15\times 14}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-15\times 14}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{-210}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-210}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$-\frac{35}{4}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{35}{4} = -8\frac{3}{4} = -8.75$$