Solve -2/9div2/3

$$- \frac { 2 } { 9 } \div \frac { 2 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{2}{9} by \frac{2}{3} by multiplying -\frac{2}{9} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{3}.

$$-\frac{2}{9}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{9} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 3}{9\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 3}{9\times 2}.

$$\frac{-6}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-6}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

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

Factor

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