Solve -4/15div16/3

$$- \frac { 4 } { 15 } \div \frac { 16 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{20}=-0.05$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{4}{15} by \frac{16}{3} by multiplying -\frac{4}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{16}{3}.

$$-\frac{4}{15}\times \frac{3}{16}$$

Multiply -\frac{4}{15} times \frac{3}{16} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-4\times 3}{15\times 16}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-4\times 3}{15\times 16}.

$$\frac{-12}{240}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-12}{240} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$-\frac{1}{20}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{20} = -0.05$$