Solve -4/15div2/9

$$- \frac{ 4 }{ 15 } \div \frac{ 2 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{6}{5}=-1.2$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{4}{15} by \frac{2}{9} by multiplying -\frac{4}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{9}.

$$-\frac{4}{15}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{4}{15} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-4\times 9}{15\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-4\times 9}{15\times 2}.

$$\frac{-36}{30}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-36}{30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$-\frac{6}{5}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{6}{5} = -1\frac{1}{5} = -1.2$$