Solve -9/2div18/5

$$- \frac { 9 } { 2 } \div \frac { 18 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{4}=-1.25$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{9}{2} by \frac{18}{5} by multiplying -\frac{9}{2} by the reciprocal of \frac{18}{5}.

$$-\frac{9}{2}\times \frac{5}{18}$$

Multiply -\frac{9}{2} times \frac{5}{18} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-9\times 5}{2\times 18}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-9\times 5}{2\times 18}.

$$\frac{-45}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-45}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 9.

$$-\frac{5}{4}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{4} = -1\frac{1}{4} = -1.25$$