Solve -6/21div24/35

$$- \frac { 6 } { 21 } \div \frac { 24 } { 35 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{12}\approx -0.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{-\frac{2}{7}}{\frac{24}{35}}$$

Divide -\frac{2}{7} by \frac{24}{35} by multiplying -\frac{2}{7} by the reciprocal of \frac{24}{35}.

$$-\frac{2}{7}\times \frac{35}{24}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{7} times \frac{35}{24} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2\times 35}{7\times 24}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\times 35}{7\times 24}.

$$\frac{-70}{168}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-70}{168} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$-\frac{5}{12}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{12} = -0.4166666666666667$$