Solve -8/5/24/25

$$- \frac { 8 } { 5 } / \frac { 24 } { 25 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{3}\approx -1.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{8}{5} by \frac{24}{25} by multiplying -\frac{8}{5} by the reciprocal of \frac{24}{25}.

$$-\frac{8}{5}\times \frac{25}{24}$$

Multiply -\frac{8}{5} times \frac{25}{24} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-8\times 25}{5\times 24}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-8\times 25}{5\times 24}.

$$\frac{-200}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-200}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 40.

$$-\frac{5}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{3} = -1\frac{2}{3} = -1.6666666666666667$$