Solve -7/12:6/14

$$- \frac { 7 } { 12 } : \frac { 6 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{49}{36}\approx -1.361111111$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{7}{12} by \frac{6}{14} by multiplying -\frac{7}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{6}{14}.

$$\frac{-7\times 14}{12\times 6}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

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

Multiply -7 and 7 to get -49.

$$\frac{-49}{6\times 6}$$

Multiply 6 and 6 to get 36.

$$\frac{-49}{36}$$

Fraction \frac{-49}{36} can be rewritten as -\frac{49}{36} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{49}{36}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{49}{36} = -1\frac{13}{36} = -1.3611111111111112$$