Solve -5/8div6/7

$$- \frac { 5 } { 8 } \div \frac { 6 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{35}{48}\approx -0.729166667$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{5}{8} by \frac{6}{7} by multiplying -\frac{5}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{6}{7}.

$$-\frac{5}{8}\times \frac{7}{6}$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{8} times \frac{7}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5\times 7}{8\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5\times 7}{8\times 6}.

$$\frac{-35}{48}$$

Fraction \frac{-35}{48} can be rewritten as -\frac{35}{48} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{35}{48}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{35}{48} = -0.7291666666666666$$