Solve -7/12div2/3

$$- \frac{ 7 }{ 12 } \div \frac{ 2 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{7}{8}=-0.875$$

Solution Steps

Divide -\frac{7}{12} by \frac{2}{3} by multiplying -\frac{7}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{3}.

$$-\frac{7}{12}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{12} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-7\times 3}{12\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-7\times 3}{12\times 2}.

$$\frac{-21}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-21}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{7}{8}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{7}{8} = -0.875$$