Solve -2/27div2/9

$$- \frac { 2 } { 27 } \div \frac { 2 } { 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{3}\approx -0.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{2}{27} by \frac{2}{9} by multiplying -\frac{2}{27} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{9}.

$$-\frac{2}{27}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{27} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 9}{27\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 9}{27\times 2}.

$$\frac{-18}{54}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-18}{54} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 18.

$$-\frac{1}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{3} = -0.3333333333333333$$