Solve -26/8div6/5

$$- \frac { 26 } { 8 } \div \frac { 6 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{65}{24}\approx -2.708333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{26}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{-\frac{13}{4}}{\frac{6}{5}}$$

Divide -\frac{13}{4} by \frac{6}{5} by multiplying -\frac{13}{4} by the reciprocal of \frac{6}{5}.

$$-\frac{13}{4}\times \frac{5}{6}$$

Multiply -\frac{13}{4} times \frac{5}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-13\times 5}{4\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-13\times 5}{4\times 6}.

$$\frac{-65}{24}$$

Fraction \frac{-65}{24} can be rewritten as -\frac{65}{24} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{65}{24}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{65}{24} = -2\frac{17}{24} = -2.7083333333333335$$