Solve -0.75div7/4

$$- 0.75 \div \frac { 7 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{7}\approx -0.428571429$$

Solution Steps

Divide -0.75 by \frac{7}{4} by multiplying -0.75 by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{4}.

$$-0.75\times \frac{4}{7}$$

Convert decimal number -0.75 to fraction -\frac{75}{100}. Reduce the fraction -\frac{75}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$-\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{4}{7}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{4} times \frac{4}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-3\times 4}{4\times 7}$$

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-3}{7}$$

Fraction \frac{-3}{7} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{7} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{7}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{7} = -0.42857142857142855$$